On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 03:57:35PM +0100 Colin J. Raven wrote: > On Jan 21 at 08:42, Gardner Bell wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:55:32AM +0100 Ramiro Aceves wrote: > >> Jorn Argelo wrote: > >>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:38:54 +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote > >>> > >> > >> Yes, I understand now. The problem is that my old pentium machine takes > >> very long time to compile all the modules even if I am not going to use > >> them. I would like to compile only the modules I use, to reduce > >> compiling time. Is that possible? > >> > > Refer to the option MODULES_OVERRIDE in man make.conf(5) if you wish > > to only compile certain modules. > > Thanks for this! I'm approaching a critical "rite of passage" today > conincidentally, by recompiling my kernel and getting rid of stuff I > don't need. > Doing what you suggest sounds eminently sensible, yet I have to ask a > followup question... > > How do you specify a particular make.conf that should *only* be used for > recompiling kernels? > I'm not too sure if one can specify another make.conf file or not. What are your reasons for wanting to do so?
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