Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:11:31
Message-Id: 4897382E.5080503@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] make oldconfig by James
1 James wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not
5 > needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel
6 > option to the .config for building a new kernel.
7 >
8 > Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea?
9 >
10 >
11 > James
12 >
13 >
14 >
15 >
16 You still need make oldconfig AFAIK. I copy my .config to the new
17 sources branch and run make oldconfig just like always.
18
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20 Eric Martin
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