Re: RFC: Kernel-package: Please add the '.config' file in the binary package

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,

>>"jwalther" == jwalther  <jwalther@citytel.net> writes:

>> Are there any objections to moving the file into /boot?

jwalther> Is there really any reason to take us farther away from the
jwalther> standard that everyone else uses?  Its just one more gotcha
jwalther> that'll tick a newbie off when they follow their slackware
jwalther> friends advice, dl the kernel source, and just have at 'er
jwalther> like it says to in the Kernel HOWTO.

	Less blather this time. Yes, ther reason is that /boot
 contains other useful information about the kernels ensconced there,
 (like System.map, and psdatabase) but is missing one piece: exactly
 what is configured into the kernel (which can be quite important). 

	I think that a small file is not too great a departure from
 the standard, and, maybe, this should have been in the standard in
 the first place.

	manoj

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