On Friday 14 January 2005 19:47, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:04:40 -0500 "Stephen P. Becker" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | I think it is a horrible idea. Not everyone knows they should do a > | "make oldconfig" when using an old config file. Those that do know > | this shouldn't have a problem just copying their .config themselves. > > Kconfig should know when an 'oldconfig' is required and when it isn't. > Is this broken again or something?
In my experience oldconfig in some cases does not actually work. (Ok, especially with different kernel "kinds" like a gentoo .config for a vanilla kernel) If users are not aware that the solution to their problems might be to create a new config, it may really create havoc. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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