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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X11 on freebsd
Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:23:47 +0200
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Thomas Graichen <graichen@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

>: It's impossible to document *all* options.  Every manifest constant
>: that's protected by an #ifndef could qualify as a valid option.
>
>"#ifdef vax" in /sys/net/if.c - wow what will happen if i add "options vax"
>to my kernel config file - may i then run VMS-binaries ? :-)

Probably.  But only, if you've installed a Vax coprocessor. :)
Likewise, if you add ``options never'', you can `never' run
anything. >:-)
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)