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From: antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
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 18:04:37
Message-Id: fb8ad37b-bc7a-318e-db9e-ff62c91b1a63@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..." by "Matt Connell (Gmail)"
1 On 05/04/2021 15:06, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote:
2 > On Mon, 2021-04-05 at 13:27 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
3 >> "make olddefconfig"  rather than  "make oldconfig"
4 >
5 > For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will
6 > accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options,
7 > whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input.
8 >
9 > The former is great if you just don't care and want to accept the
10 > default, but it isn't right for every user.
11 >
12 >
13 fwiw, I think I've always just copied the old .config across, then done
14 "make menuconfig". I think that also just accepts defaults for anything new.
15
16 Cheers,
17 Wol

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..." Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>