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From: "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconnell@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:07:43
Message-Id: 9ee990b21ecabf76bc8688bf3309399ed9f3580e.camel@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..." by Dr Rainer Woitok
1 On Mon, 2021-04-05 at 13:27 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
2 > "make olddefconfig"  rather than  "make oldconfig"
3
4 For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will
5 accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options,
6 whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input.
7
8 The former is great if you just don't care and want to accept the
9 default, but it isn't right for every user.

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