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From: Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-kernel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] How works Genkernel's non-interactive 'make oldconfig'
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:40:30
Message-Id: 64e8d2f20706151439w2879b8cvb9be3587255903a9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-kernel] How works Genkernel's non-interactive 'make oldconfig' by "Arne Stäcker"
1 On 6/15/07, Arne Stäcker <arnestaecker@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2007 schrieb Greg KH:
3 > > That's not really safe. You want to use the defaults, which is what I
4 > > think 'silentoldconfig' does. You really don't want to enable an option
5 > > like "Add self-destruct mode" to the kernel if it is newly present :)
6 > >
7 > > thanks,
8 > >
9 > > greg k-h
10 > Good point. I will then use "echo n | make oldconfig" by default.
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12 I'm not sure that really removes the danger. What if they split out a
13 driver you need into some other config option? If there's a way to
14 echo a newline to all the questions, that would at least accept the
15 defaults.
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17 Pardon me for being reactionary, but does "non-interactive kernel
18 configuration" give anyone else the cold sweats?
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Re: [gentoo-kernel] How works Genkernel's non-interactive 'make oldconfig' Brian.D.Botton@×××××××.com