On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:24:52 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:

> For changing series, I definitely prefer to look at the kernel config
> anyway, to see what options the series' patches have added, but for
> upgrading within the same series, if nothing has really changed, it's
> nice to know you can just make menuconfig, save immediately (because you
> don't have to do anything, but you can also confirm that the settings
> really are the same if you like), and head right into make
> modules_install, etc. I find that actually faster than selecting X
> number of new (and usually irrelevant to me) options with make oldconfig
> anyway (n, n, n, etc).

The disadvantage of this approach is that you don't get to see what new
options have been added.


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Neil Bothwick

I wouldn't be caught dead with a necrophiliac.

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