From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:27:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:27:16 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:47591 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:27:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 15:26:11 -0700 From: Tom Rini To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Requirement of make oldconfig [was: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka ...] Message-ID: <20010501152611.A12378@opus.bloom.county> In-Reply-To: <20010427193501.A9805@thyrsus.com> <15084.12152.956561.490805@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20010429183526.B32748@thyrsus.com> <15085.37569.205459.898540@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20010430133932.B28849@thyrsus.com> <20010430141623.A15821@cadcamlab.org> <20010430152536.A29699@thyrsus.com> <3AEE80A3.EB0ACEB1@dplanet.ch> <20010501123112.A7699@thyrsus.com> <20010501173512.A2815@zalem.puupuu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <20010501173512.A2815@zalem.puupuu.org>; from galibert@pobox.com on Tue, May 01, 2001 at 05:35:12PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 05:35:12PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 12:31:12PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > You are proposing an interface that will handle easy cases but blow > > up in the user's face in any hard one. That's poor design, frustrating > > the user exactly when he/she most needs help. > > Yeah, but what is the current method, vi? If you edit a .config (current or CML2'ed) and fix a problem, it works. What was the question again? (And, if you edit an old .config, %s/^# CONFIG/CONFIG and %s/ is not set/=n, oldconfig works like you would expect, and can help point out places where CML2 is slightly off). -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/