Hi,
here is a small patch to fix the missing help in make xconfig.
Regards, Olaf.
diff -X dontdiff -urN v2.5.3/scripts/header.tk linux/scripts/header.tk
--- v2.5.3/scripts/header.tk Thu Jan 31 11:46:23 2002
+++ linux/scripts/header.tk Thu Jan 31 11:38:30 2002
@@ -449,29 +449,24 @@
catch {destroy $w}
toplevel $w -class Dialog
- set filefound 0
set found 0
- set lineno 0
- if { [file readable Documentation/Configure.help] == 1} then {
- set filefound 1
- # First escape sed regexp special characters in var:
- set var [exec echo "$var" | sed s/\[\]\[\/.^$*\]/\\\\&/g]
- # Now pick out right help text:
- set message [exec sed -n "
- /^$var\[ \]*\$/,\${
- /^$var\[ \]*\$/c\\
+ # First escape sed regexp special characters in var:
+ set var [exec echo "$var" | sed s/\[\]\[\/.^$*\]/\\\\&/g]
+ # Now pick out right help text:
+ set message [exec find . -name Config.help | xargs sed -n "
+ /^$var\[ \]*\$/,\${
+ /^$var\[ \]*\$/c\\
${var}:\\
- /^#/b
- /^\[^ \]/q
- s/^ //
- /<file:\\(\[^>\]*\\)>/s//\\1/g
- p
- }
- " Documentation/Configure.help]
- set found [expr [string length "$message"] > 0]
- }
+ /^#/b
+ /^\[^ \]/q
+ s/^ //
+ /<file:\\(\[^>\]*\\)>/s//\\1/g
+ p
+ }
+ " ]
+ set found [expr [string length "$message"] > 0]
frame $w.f1
pack $w.f1 -fill both -expand on
@@ -494,13 +489,8 @@
pack $w.f1.canvas -side right -fill y -expand on
if { $found == 0 } then {
- if { $filefound == 0 } then {
- message $w.f1.f.m -width 750 -aspect 300 -relief flat -text \
- "No help available - unable to open file Documentation/Configure.help. This file should have come with your kernel."
- } else {
message $w.f1.f.m -width 400 -aspect 300 -relief flat -text \
"No help available for $var"
- }
label $w.f1.bm -bitmap error
wm title $w "RTFM"
} else {