Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:19:23 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: autoconf.h and auto.conf missing |
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Hi,
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
> Greetings. > > It seems that someone has broken *conf programs in 2.6.18 because
Unmodified 2.6.18?
> only "make silentoldconfig" recreates autoconf.h and auto.conf > properly after configuration (.config) has changed.
That's correct. The other config targets only touch the .config file and a dependency on it regenerates all other build relevant files (by calling silentoldconfig).
> I do everything as I always have done. > 1. create an empty dir and put my current .config there > 2. make O=dir oldconfig > 3. compile, everything seems to be OK here > 4. do some changes to .config and make oldconfig once again > BZZZZZT > 5. auto.conf and autoconf.h don't change along with .config and when > I build the kernel once again new settings don't take effect. > > I discovered I have to make silentoldconfig to regenerate autoconf > files. However, this *seems* to force rebuilding of all the objects > instead of, what it has always done, only those that depend on > altered configurations.
I cannot reproduce this, you have to provide some more detailed information, e.g. please send your original .config and what exactly you changed there.
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