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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
commit | d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36 (patch) | |
tree | 1cffbfcbeace5b3e6b01d3c6b67a9c10233bc810 /usr.sbin/config/config.8 | |
parent | 745a7b1537c2ebb511bcf928366eefe72af77dac (diff) | |
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The .Nm utility
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8 index 8e6af76..d2a7448 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION This is the old version of the .Nm -program. +utility. It understands the old autoconfiguration scheme used on the HP300, i386, DECstation, and derivative platforms. The new version of @@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ Only the version of applicable to the architecture that you are running will be installed on your machine. .Pp +The .Nm -builds a set of system configuration files from the file +utility builds a set of system configuration files from the file .Ar SYSTEM_NAME which describes the system to configure. @@ -102,8 +103,9 @@ containing device specifications, configuration options and other system parameters for one system configuration. .El .Pp +The .Nm -should be run from the +utility should be run from the .Pa conf subdirectory of the system source (usually .Pa /sys/ Ns Va ARCH Ns Pa /conf ) , @@ -111,8 +113,9 @@ where .Va ARCH represents one of the architectures supported by .Fx . +The .Nm -creates the directory +utility creates the directory .Pa ../compile/ Ns Ar SYSTEM_NAME or the one given with the .Fl d @@ -135,16 +138,17 @@ definitions of the number of various devices that will be compiled into the system. .Pp After running -.Nm , +.Nm Ns , it is necessary to run .Dq Li make depend in the directory where the new makefile was created. +The .Nm -prints a reminder of this when it completes. +utility prints a reminder of this when it completes. .Pp If any other error messages are produced by -.Nm , +.Nm Ns , the problems in the configuration file should be corrected and .Nm should be run again. @@ -251,5 +255,5 @@ The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -command appeared in +utility appeared in .Bx 4.1 . |