On 08/04/2012 17:56, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Doug Barton <dougb_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 08/04/2012 14:26, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Doug Barton <dougb_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 08/04/2012 00:40, O. Hartmann wrote: >>>>> No, also in my case. I build world and the VBox software with each >>>>> kernel - usually. >>>> >>>> You can ensure that by putting this in src.conf: >>>> >>>> PORTS_MODULES= emulators/virtualbox-ose-kmod >>>> >>>> You can place other modules in that list as well. I use vbox so you can >>>> be pretty confident that this is going to keep working. :) >>> >>> That doesn't work >> >> I assure you that it does. I have put a non-zero amount of work into >> fixing it, I use this method, and the resulting kernel module works just >> fine. >> >> If you actually try it and find something is not as it should be, then >> yes; please do file a PR and feel free to cc me. >> >> Doug > > I am only aware of this because of your posts. No reference to it at > all in src.conf(5). It would be nice to see it there. It's in make.conf(5) for historical reasons, along with a lot of other options that should be moved. > It is mentioned in build(7), but only as a MAKE option and a lot of > people are not going to realize it can be placed in src.conf. It can also go in make.conf, so that's not a total loss I suppose. > Also, > for those not fairly conversant in make, it is not clear whether > multiple ports should be space, comma, colon, or otherwise delimited > > This is a very nice option as it is very easy to overlook rebuilding > kernel modules in ports when building the kernel. Thanks or working on > it. My pleasure ... it was one of those things on "the list" and I finally got around to it. Doug -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)Received on Mon Aug 06 2012 - 05:57:49 UTC
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