On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:43:29 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:04:18 +0100, antlists wrote: > > > For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will > > > accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options, > > > whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input. > > > > > > The former is great if you just don't care and want to accept the > > > default, but it isn't right for every user. > > > > fwiw, I think I've always just copied the old .config across, then done > > "make menuconfig". I think that also just accepts defaults for anything > > new. > > It doesn't, it prompts for every change, with the default preselected.
Eh? Did you read 'oldconfig' where 'menuconfig' was written? > It's more time consuming than running make olddefconfig but it does give > you the chance to see what the new options are, and read the help if you > need more. -- Regards, Peter.
