Why no /proc/config.gz on FC-3 kernel?

John Summerfield debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Mon Nov 29 01:47:40 UTC 2004


On Monday 29 November 2004 01:34, Matthew Miller wrote:
>  > I guess the argument is: there's a chance that something got skipped and
>  >
> > > the a kernel got built with the name matching a /boot/config-* file but
> > > actually with different options -- no risk of that with the /proc
> > > approach.
> >
> > I don't want _my_ RAM being wasted becuase _your_ sysadmin's a twit. If
> > someone can't keem stuff in /boot sychronised, let him pay the price.
>
> Yes, this is a lovely attitude until the twit in question is someone who
> worked on a system that you suddenly have to fix quickly. Then, suddenly,
> *you* are paying the price for their mistakes.

 Their bill is bigger. What's the problem?

-- 
Cheers
John




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