Re: [PATCH 15/15] kconf: Check for eof from input stream.

From: Roman Zippel
Date: Mon Jan 09 2006 - 07:27:30 EST


Hi,

On Monday 09 January 2006 04:59, Ben Collins wrote:

> > Then something is wrong with your automatic build. If the config needs to
> > be updated and stdin is redirected during a kbuild, it will already
> > abort.
>
> And what should be directed into stdin? Nothing. There should be no
> input going into an automated build, exactly because it could produce
> incorrect results.
>
> BTW, this is the automatic build that Debian and Ubuntu both use (in
> Debian's case, used for quite a number of years). So this isn't
> something I whipped up.

That just means Debian's automatic build for the kernel has been broken for
years. All normal config targets require user input and no input equals
default input. Only silentoldconfig will abort if input is not available.

bye, Roman
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