Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Tue, 7 May 2019 12:01:56 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix 'Save As' menu of xconfig |
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On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 4:10 AM Robert Gadsdon <rhgadsdon@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 03/10/2019 09:13 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > The 'Save As' menu of xconfig is not working; it always saves the > > kernel configuration into the default file irrespective of the file > > chosen in the dialog box. > > > > The 'Save' menu always writes into the default file, but it would > > make more sense to write into the file previously chosen by 'Load' > > or 'Save As'. > > > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > > --- > > The 'save as' may be used for out-of-tree kernel config saves, but the > default 'save' should always save to the in-tree .config file, as before > (and for the past 10+ years..) If the kernel config was loaded from an > out-of-tree location, it now saves back to that out-of-tree location, > which is useless for the kernel compile..
I think it is quite natural that "save" overwrites the file being edited.
And, that is how the 'save' of menuconfig/nconfig works.
> I have always kept my hardware/system-specific kernel configs > out-of-tree, and then applied them in-tree before compiling. > > Now, I have to use 'save as' and type in the entire in-tree path > (/usr/src/linux-5.1/.config) each time, in order to apply the specific > config to the kernel, ready for compilation.
It is easy to do it without using xconfig.
cp /your/custom/config .config
> Robert Gadsdon. > rglinuxtech.com
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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