[email protected] wrote on 03/30/2009 05:43:29 PM: > Re: [lpi-examdev] Topic 201.2 Compiling a kernel > > G. Matthew Rice > > > [re: cloneconfig] > > I just did a quick Google, and it appears it is a SUSEism. That would > > make sense as I was using SuSE (probably 8.x) when I came across it. > > There have been some calls to get it added upstream to the main kernel > > source http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/0047.html > > - I had a look in a recent vanilla makefile (2.6.24) and it doesn't > > appear to be there, so I guess it is still a SUSEism. > > Yep, SUSE-ism. > > We do have a few of these "only on 1 or 2 major distros" topics peppered > around the exams. There are way bigger examples in the objectives if you > look, though ;) > > How do people feel about having these sorts of things on the exams? > > > In one sense, I like them because it "encourages" people to learn more about > multiple distributions. > > In another sense, though, it could cause some panicky studiers (is that a > word?) to overstudy. > > > In this case, though, prepare-all and cloneconfig are such minute parts of > this objective, I doubt that it would make a difference between pass and > fail for someone. >
I think it's a good idea to have a small part of the exam cover things that may differ between major distributions. As with package management though, you have to draw a line somewhere. My feeling is that the more distribution-specific a topic is, the more the questions should lean toward awareness of the issue represented, rather than arcane details of some obscure command. Ian Shields Ph.D. Linux Technologist, ISV & Developer Relations IBM Corp Research Triangle Park, NC [email protected]
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