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
