On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Miles Lane wrote:
> Should I run this EVERY time I do a build after
> patching my tree? I sort of thought oldconfig
> was primarily used to call out new config options.
> Does it also clean up my .config file in other ways?
>
Yes, some config options are defined `behind your back'. The safe option
is to run `make oldconfig' every time you've patched the kernel to make
sure these options are (re-)defined correctly.
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