Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757872Ab3ILISt (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:18:49 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f175.google.com ([209.85.214.175]:55867 "EHLO mail-ob0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753841Ab3ILISq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:18:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:18:44 -0500 From: Rob Landley Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt: Doesn't make listnewconfig replacing yes "" | make oldconfig ? To: Regid Ichira Cc: Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20130912003548.GF8821@nt1.in> In-Reply-To: <20130912003548.GF8821@nt1.in> (from regid23@nt1.in on Wed Sep 11 19:35:48 2013) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.4.11 Message-Id: <1378973924.1974.12@driftwood> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1695 Lines: 44 On 09/11/2013 07:35:48 PM, Regid Ichira wrote: > Signed-off-by: Regid Ichira > --- > Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 11 ++--------- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > index 8ef6dbb..14cc40c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > @@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ symbols have been introduced. > To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use > > cp user/some/old.config .config > - yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new > + make listnewconfig > > -and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have > -unknown values. Of course, the .config file is also updated with > -new (default) values, so you can use: > - > - grep "(NEW)" conf.new > - > -to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the > -differences between the previous and new .config files: > +and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line. > > scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less Heh. I just make a miniconfig out of both of them and diff those, but that got rejected when I tried to push it upstream circa 2006 and I've just maintained it locally ever since... Acked-by: Rob Landley I'll sit on this for a bit to see if the kbulid guys apply it first, and if not forward it through the trivial tree. Rob-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/