Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 26 May 1996 19:07:56 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: A little pre-2.0 input |
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On 25 May 1996, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > > Don't assume that just because there is no .config, there is no old > > configuration. > > On the contrary. The reasonable way to supply old config to a new kernel is > to copy .config from old to new, and then run "make oldconfig". I don't > know why you would want to replace defconfig. >
I don't know exactly the reasons behind .config/defconfig both existing, but I think that defconfig shouldn't be altered ever, and that .config should be copied to defconfig at a late stage of "make vmlinux" (or some other target that is done when building vmlinux). Oh well proberbly won't happen, just my opinion.
> I also don't know why you would want to run "make mrproper" before > compiling a new kernel. "make clean" should be sufficient. (In theory, > "touch config.h" should be sufficient.) If not, that's a bug in the > Makefiles. >
"make clean" is sufficient, if the patch dosn't change the dependancies (ie create new files/delete existing files), other wise a "make dep" is needed.
> Matthias Urlichs > 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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