Re: 2.6: kconfig handling of recursive dependencies could be improved

[Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi,

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> I tried to implement a "select at least one of these options" using the 
> following Kconfig snippet:
> 
> config A
>         bool "a"
> 
> config B
>         bool "b"
> 
> config C
>         bool
>         default y if A=n && B=n
>         select A
>         select B

This sort of dependency would be better handled with another choice 
option, but this is not really 2.6 material.

> Yes, there is a limited recursion, but it's a finite recursion and I 
> don't know of any other way to express this in the current kconfig 
> language.

It's not really possible. You can show a comment if nothing is selected 
and use a reasonable default.

bye, Roman