On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:17:36AM -0700, Collins Richey wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:19:57 -0500 > "David A. Bandel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:12:05 -0500 > > begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: > > > > > > Thanks. I clicked on the link on the main page. I knew there had to > > > be tarballs of the complete kernel somewhere. > > > > I find it hard to believe that anyone on this list would waste > > bandwidth to d/l 25Mb when one or two 1Mb d/l will do the same thing. > > Patching is not hard. If there's no SxS on patching, ... > > My sxs on patching is still on the site. > > > It's brain dead simple and allows you to use your old > > .config (as in `make oldoconfig`) and only decide to incorporate or no > > the new stuff. > > > > Just a side note, my experience with 'make oldconfig' has been less than > stellar. I found out the hard way that 'make oldconfig' would change > kernel options silently (sometimes built-in to modules, as I remember), > so I only use 'make oldconfig' to point out changes. After getting > burnt once, I now always save my existing config, use 'make menuconfig', > load the old version, make changes, save my changes in the old place, > then save the .config.
That's precisely what "make oldconfig" is *supposed* to do, remember existing kernel options silently and only point out new configuration changes. Kurt _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
