"Ryan Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/15/2007 03:39:38 PM:
> On 6/15/07, Arne Stäcker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2007 schrieb Greg KH: > > > That's not really safe. You want to use the defaults, which is what I > > > think 'silentoldconfig' does. You really don't want to enable an option > > > like "Add self-destruct mode" to the kernel if it is newly present :) > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > greg k-h > > Good point. I will then use "echo n | make oldconfig" by default. > > I'm not sure that really removes the danger. What if they split out a > driver you need into some other config option? If there's a way to > echo a newline to all the questions, that would at least accept the > defaults. > > Pardon me for being reactionary, but does "non-interactive kernel > configuration" give anyone else the cold sweats? > I got bit by this exact issue. Don't do it. Run it by hand and figure out what you need to do. It isn't that hard and you should keep up with the changes anyway. Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
