Re: xconfig lossage: summary and suggestions (long)

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 11:33:09 -0600


Hi guys,

> The library could handle it -- I just want to make certian that the
> autoconf.h file remains made from the .config file, and that the "current
> values" are taken from the .config file -- otherwise, the "edit .config and
> run 'make oldconfig'" method fails, and that's the True Hacker's way of
> doing it. <G>

That's right, 'make *config' never reads include/linux/autoconf.h.
It's a write-only file for this pass.

> but we are going to need to re-write the [Cc]onfig.in files, all 3228
> lines of them (in the linus tree), so why not go straight from buggy
> current synthax to new (hopefully) bugless synthax in one fell swoop?

Replacing all the code in scripts/ will be a big enough patch that it
needs to be developed, tested, and deployed without rewriting another
3000 lines of [Cc]onfig.in files. I am not going to argue this point.
If you want to do a "fell swoop" patch you can do it without me.

Regards,

Michael Chastain
<mailto:mec@shout.net>
"love without fear"

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