Re: Patches vs complete tarballs....
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:58:55 -0700 (PDT)
> 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').
>
True enough, but the original poster didn't do any make *config. I
guess I should have said "to use an old .config unmodified..."
-hpa
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