Re: Patches vs complete tarballs....
Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:48:19 +0300 (EEST)
hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) writes:
> By author: ketil@ii.uib.no
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > But either the linux-2.1.115.tar.gz at ftp.funet.fi is slightly broken,
> > or I somehow managed to screw up a simple tar command (or the subsequent
> > steps - copying in the old .config, and make dep clean zlilo modules\
> > modules_install, after cleansing the makefile of SMP and /boot stuff.)
> >
> > So, as I said, it's not a problem for me, I'm just a bit puzzled that it
> > happened.
>
> After copying in an old .config you *MUST* do "make oldconfig"!!!!!
I claim different. 'make oldconfig' has exactly same dependencies
and actions as 'make config' -- and nearly same as 'make menuconfig'
and 'make xconfig'.
However the 'make *config' _MUST_ be done before you can
continue with anything else (even 'make dep').
> -hpa
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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