Re: displaying kbuild dependancies ...

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 10:25:48PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> 
> Hi Sam!
> 
> first, thanks for the kbuild stuff and all the 
> time spent on that ... I really love it
> 
> 
> from time to time I encounter some issue which
> usually keeps me busy for a while, and I think
> there probably is a simpler solution to that ...
> 
> the procedure:
> 
> I'm configuring a 2.6.X-rcY-bkZ kernel for testing
> with QEMU, which in my setup basically requires
> some QEMU specific settings, I usually turn on/off
> by just editing the .config file by hand, and then
> invoking 'make oldconfig' ...
> 
> to keep the possibility for error low, I usually
> just remove the entries in question, and oldconfig
> will ask me the relevant question, leading to a
> nice config adapted to my purposes ...
> 
> the issue:
> 
> sometimes a dependancy doesn't allow me to remove
> a config option, I absolutely have to remove for
> my setup, like the VGA_CONSOLE, and then the hunt
> for the option 'requiring' that one unconditinally
> beginns ...
> 
> usually I start with grep and end with trial and
> error, until I find the malicious dependancy ...

The only option today is to turn on the debug option
in 'make xconfig'.

I have been looking inot something better for menuconfig
but frankly kconfig is not where I feel most comfortable.

	Sam