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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig ?
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:05:24
Message-Id: 57159259.7010401@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig ? by James
1 On 04/18/2016 07:01 PM, James wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > After copying the current ".config" to the newly linked sources
5 > (/usr/src/linux) I use to run 'make oldconfig'. Now, looking at
6 > the gentoo wiki [1] I see (2) choices but no 'make oldconfig'::
7 >
8 > 1) #make silentoldconfig
9 >
10 > 2) #make olddefconfig
11 >
12 > 3) #make oldconfig
13 >
14 > (3) still seems to work. (2) uses defaults so I do not want that, but
15 > what about (1)? What's the difference between (1) and (3) ? Where do
16 > I read about them of find the sources?
17 >
18
19 make silentoldconfig works the same way as oldconfig, but it doesn't
20 echo every thing it parses, it only prints to the screen when it has a
21 question.
22
23 Dan