Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 14 May 1996 12:34:34 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: A little pre-2.0 input |
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On Mon, 13 May 1996, lilo wrote:
> NO!!!! Many of us copy our .config from the previous kernel tree into > arch/<whatever/defconfig of the new kernel tree, as a last step before > running `make mrproper' and compiling the new kernel. > > Don't assume that just because there is no .config, there is no old > configuration. >
I think that no patch should touch arch/<arch>/defconfig, and a cp .config arch/<arch>/defconfig should be done as the latter stages of something like make zImage, that way, you will always get told what is, and what isn't new (and be prompted with a make oldconfig), the first time. Oh well ...
> > lilo > Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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