Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Eric: Could you finally define what is -i and -I ?
> In development of CML2 the definition was changes continuosly,
> and I thinked because of bugs, but now.... I don't understand.

They have never changed meaning since I originally implemented.
 
> My original proposal was:
> 
> -i file : The default value of symbols is set according to 'file', but
>            CML2 will ask anyway.
> 
> -I file : The symbols in 'file' are frozen (= the symbols are set according
>            file, and no question is asked about these symbols).

That's how the work, allright.

> in CML1:
> make config 'uses' '-i .config': it use the old default, but it ask
>    everything.
> make oldconfig 'uses' '-I .config': it use the old default, AND it ask
>    NOTHING about the old symbols.

Oh. Then maybe I shouldn't have changed the oldconfig swith from -I to -i.
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