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Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 14:12:28 +0800
From: =?utf-8?Q?Am=C3=A9rico?= Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: introduce nonint_oldconfig and
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On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 07:28:10AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>On 05/07/10 00:02, Américo Wang wrote:
>> On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 12:48:34PM -0400, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
>>> This patch has been around for a long time in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise
>>> Linux kernels and it may be useful for others. The nonint_oldconfig target
>>> will fail and print the unset config options while loose_nonint_oldconfig will
>>> simply let the config option unset. They're useful in distro kernel packages
>>> where the config files are built using a combination of smaller config files.
>>>
>>> Arjan van de Ven wrote the initial nonint_config and Roland McGrath added the
>>> loose_nonint_oldconfig.
>>>
>>> v2:
>>> - when -B and -b are used, return "2" so the reason can be distinguished from
>>>  other errors
>>> v3:
>>> - help updated
>>> - nonint_oldconfig won't update the config file if options are missing
>> 
>> The patch looks fine, but, why the name 'nonint_oldconfig'?
>> My English is not good enough to see what 'nonint' standards for...
>
>non-interactive
>

Got it, thanks!