2008-08-02 12:37:19

by Bodo Eggert

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable.

Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't see the "if PARTITION_ADVANCED" block as being compatible with the
> need to have default partition types per $ARCH.
> Do you see some way around that problem?

You need menuconfig_usedefaults.


2008-08-02 14:37:20

by Randy Dunlap

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable.


--- Original Message ---
> Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I don't see the "if PARTITION_ADVANCED" block as being compatible with the
> > need to have default partition types per $ARCH.
> > Do you see some way around that problem?
>
> You need menuconfig_usedefaults.

Where is that?

~Randy

2008-08-02 21:12:23

by Bodo Eggert

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] FILESYSTEMS: Make "advanced partitions" immediately unselectable.

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> --- Original Message ---
> > Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't see the "if PARTITION_ADVANCED" block as being compatible with the
> > > need to have default partition types per $ARCH.
> > > Do you see some way around that problem?
> >
> > You need menuconfig_usedefaults.
>
> Where is that?

Currently nowhere, it's just my idea of how to solve the problem.
It would be a variant of KConfig's menuconfig option, having the desired
behaviour.

Unfortunately I don't have time to implement that, especially since I don't
know that part of the code. The last few weeks, I was barely able to
assemble my new desk.
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