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[Seth Alan Woolley <seth AT positivism.org>]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:56:26PM -0600, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) wrote:
> On Nov 08, Seth Alan Woolley [seth AT positivism.org] wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:55:53AM +1300, Belxjander Serechai wrote:
> > > Why not a "PROVIDES KERNEL" with selection of kernel spells from
> > >   kernel
> > >   xen-kernel
> > >   guru-kernel
> > >   ...?
> > 
> > Because that's now how we do things.  That's what CONFIGURE is for.
> > 
> > PROVIDES is for things that are distinct.
> 
> We offer distinct kernel and xen-kernel spells right now.  One thing on my
> list is to get xen-kernel folded back into the regular linux spell; the new
> expert kernel option may make that easier, I haven't gotten to it yet.

I must have missed the commit for that or forgotten about that.  In any 
case, I agree that it should be folded back into the main spell anyways, 
as you mention.

Seth

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