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On 2010-03-10 9:35 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> But... my understanding is that, by copying your old .config to the |
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>> new kernel dir before running make menuconfig, you *are* reusing |
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>> your old config... I sure hope I'm not reading *that* wrong. ;) |
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> No you're not. But it is far easier to miss important changes |
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> without oldconfig to point them out to you by shoving them in your |
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> face. |
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Interesting - in that case, I'd have to agree with you and Alan that |
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using make oldconfig sounds like it would be better, and that the guide, |
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official though it may be, is wrong. |
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Apologies, Alan, for being a little argumentative - its just that I'm a |
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stickler for always telling people to use 'official' docs as opposed to |
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$random_guide found on the internet, since it should always be 'right'. |
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On 2010-03-10 9:37 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:25 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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>> Now, doing that for the first time may be too confusing for |
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>> someone who is not familiar with the process of rolling up their |
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>> own kernel, therefore the handbook has to cater for the lowest |
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>> common denominator and advises to go about it in a long-winded |
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>> way. |
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> Which should not be the case in a section of the documentation |
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> marked "Advanced". This is advanced in Gentoo user terms, not like |
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> Ubuntu users where it means they can manage joined up writing :) |
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Heh... agree 100%. In fact, the way it is worded does seem to actually |
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be technically *wrong*, if it does indeed do the same thing as make |
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menuconfig wrt reusing as much of your old config as possible. I would |
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consider the 'shoving the differences in your face' aspect to be much |
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more beneficial too. I probably would have avoided the problem I ran |
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into back when they changed the netfilter options - I can't remember |
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exactly, but I think they changed some of the option names and/or where |
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they were located in the kernel config... all I know is my firewall |
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wouldn't work until I googled the changes and recompiled my kernel. |
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So, if no one else (who understands kernel compiling better than me - |
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which would probably be most everyone here) wants to open a bug to fix |
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the documentation/guide, I'll do it, but I think it might be received |
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better if it was made by someone familiar with both methods, but |
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especially make oldconfig... |
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Charles |
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