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

[Dag Wieers]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 05:01:45AM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
>  
>  > > Name *one* good reason for doing /proc/config.gz over
>  > > Copying it to /boot/.   I've seen this proposed multiple
>  > > times (on-list and in bugzilla), and not seen a single compelling
>  > > reason to turn it on.
>  > 
>  > One good reason to do it is that you can be sure the config matches 
>  > exactly what is currently running.
> 
>  ls /boot/config-`uname -r`

It does not give the same guarantees as /proc/config.gz though, it may not 
even exist. I'm fine with the decision to do it as it is now, but you 
asked one good reason and I think that's one. Maybe it does not weigh in.

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