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From: Jeremy McSpadden <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary?
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:24:31
Message-Id: 55C88D75-B848-4C80-801B-9D52A5844886@uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? by Pandu Poluan
1 Better to run make oldconfig. It merges the changes.
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10 On Jul 31, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
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12 > Let's say I have a .config from an older kernel version (for example,
13 > 2.6.38), and now I want to install a newer kernel (let's say, 3.0).
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15 > Is it necessary to first do `make oldconfig`, or is it safe to go
16 > directly to `make menuconfig`?
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18 > Rgds,
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23 > Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer
24 > My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
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Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig necessary? Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>