Re: make *config problem (breaks miniconfig.sh)

From: Roman Zippel
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 17:28:54 EST


Hi,

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Piotr Muszynski wrote:

> Spotted on 2.6.15.[1,2] and 2.6.16
>
> How to trigger:
> make menuconfig, change CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL y --> n, save
> $ cp .config .config_old
> make menuconfig, change nothing, save
> $ diff .config .config_old
> 4c4
> < # Thu Apr 6 20:23:19 2006
> ---
> > # Thu Apr 6 20:22:40 2006
> 157a158,160
> > # CONFIG_FLATMEM_MANUAL is not set
> > # CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL is not set
> > # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL is not set
>
> I thought the .config shouldn't change... Is this a feature?

No, it's a bug, although not a critical one. I have to look into this.

bye, Roman
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