Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: add warning about permission of config file

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

> >>>
> >>> Arnaud's point is that your patch should not be necessary at all,
> >>> because kconfig already checks the return value of the fopen() call in
> >>> conf_write() and prints the above message if it fails. So do you have a
> >>> testcase where make<...>config without your patch returns without
> >>> error, but the configuration is not written?
> >>
> >> Sorry for misunderstanding.
> >> Indeed, make *config which use 'conf' (e.g. oldconfig, defconfig...)
> >> raise error.
> >> And only xconfig and gconfig don't write the configuration without
> >> error.
> >
> > I see, qconf lacks a check for the return value of conf_write() in
> > ConfigMainWindow::closeEvent(), gconf does check the return value, but only
> > displays it in the bottom box of the main window instead of a message box.
> > Neither of them return failure in the error case. These bugs should be
> > indeed fixed.
> >
> agree.
The only thing that a write-access check up-front could be useful for would be
to launch a front-end in ReadOnly mode.
And this is not supported by any of them today IIRC.

	Sam