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On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:38 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re: |
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[gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness: |
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> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6p01@×××××.com wrote: |
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> > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' |
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> > make menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old |
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> > config. From what I've read of the docs, make oldconfig is the |
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> > dangerous part that should be avoided between substantial kernel |
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> > updates. |
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> make oldconfig is not the risk, importing the old config is. oldconfig |
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> tries to convert the old config to suit the new kernel, with a success |
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> rate probably in excess of 99%, despite what has been written about |
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> it. |
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> Using the old .config without make oldconfig is a good way of getting |
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> the worst of both worlds. |
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The previous poster is doing make menuconfig. This silently performs a |
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make oldconfig before presenting the menu. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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