> > > > I'd really like to see a distro-agnostic way to retrieve the kernel
> > > > configuration. /proc/config.gz has existed for soem time but many
> > > > distros inexplicably don't enable it.
> > >
> > > /boot/config-`uname -r`
> >
> > What's the reason for distros to disable /proc/config.gz?
>
> To save memory? The config can be placed as a plain file, so why
> waste non-swappable kernel memory for a task that can easily be done
> with a simple file?
As long as you know which of the config files to pick, no problem.
At least for me /proc/config.gz is the much more comfortable way. Anyway,
thanks for clarification!
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