Why no /proc/config.gz on FC-3 kernel?
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Sun Nov 28 06:44:10 UTC 2004
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:33:18AM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > If someone is building their own kernel, they should know what they're doing.
> > Folks building their own kernels get to turn on /proc/config.gz for themselves
> > anyway if they really want it. This discussion is about the packaging of
> > the kernel RPMs used by those who don't recompile.
>
> I'm thinking of a situation where there's more than one person involved,
> which often happens in real world sysadmin catastrop^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
> experience. Someone who doesn't really know the rules rebuilds the kernel to
> fix some "urgent problem", doesn't turn that on, doesn't make a new name (or
> even goes out of their way to match the RPM packages name, for some reason
> that seems like a good idea at the time).
The best fix for problems like these is with a cluebat, and revocation
of root priveledges from someone who doesn't know what they're doing.
I'm not enabling config options just to 'moron-proof' the kernel.
The problem with that is people keep inventing better morons, and
there's only so much hand-holding one can do.
Dave
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