Re: Reconfiguring Kernels, Made Easier?

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 01:29:16 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Raphael.

> I was wondering if it is possible for the kernel configuration
> "program" to (based on the options chosen from the last kernel I
> last configured) to only ask me the new/unset questions(if any)
> that need to be answered, maybe configure -oldscript
> <script-filename>, you can allready save your kernel
> configuration into another file. If you can't is this not a good
> idea?

Have you tried `make oldconfig` which does just that?

Best wishes from Riley.

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