On 04/18/2016 07:01 PM, James wrote: > Hello, > > After copying the current ".config" to the newly linked sources > (/usr/src/linux) I use to run 'make oldconfig'. Now, looking at > the gentoo wiki [1] I see (2) choices but no 'make oldconfig':: > > 1) #make silentoldconfig > > 2) #make olddefconfig > > 3) #make oldconfig > > (3) still seems to work. (2) uses defaults so I do not want that, but > what about (1)? What's the difference between (1) and (3) ? Where do > I read about them of find the sources? >
make silentoldconfig works the same way as oldconfig, but it doesn't echo every thing it parses, it only prints to the screen when it has a question. Dan
