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On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:43:29 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:04:18 +0100, antlists wrote: |
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> > > For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will |
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> > > accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options, |
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> > > whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input. |
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> > > The former is great if you just don't care and want to accept the |
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> > > default, but it isn't right for every user. |
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> > fwiw, I think I've always just copied the old .config across, then done |
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> > "make menuconfig". I think that also just accepts defaults for anything |
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> > new. |
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> It doesn't, it prompts for every change, with the default preselected. |
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Eh? Did you read 'oldconfig' where 'menuconfig' was written? |
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> It's more time consuming than running make olddefconfig but it does give |
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> you the chance to see what the new options are, and read the help if you |
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> need more. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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