Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:02:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:02:43 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:13503 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:02:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:11:07 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: John Bradford Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: a few more "make xconfig" inconsistencies Message-ID: <20030101151107.GN14184@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20030101145120.GL14184@louise.pinerecords.com> <200301011504.h01F4Gxt001123@darkstar.example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200301011504.h01F4Gxt001123@darkstar.example.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1001 Lines: 24 > [john@grabjohn.com] > > > Oh, I see what you mean. This behavior is a "feature" of the old > > xconfig (it's been so since the 2.0 times or thereabouts). menuconfig > > will hide entirely what xconfig merely grays out. > > I actually like that feature :-(. > > On the other hand, the TCL-based config system has gone completely in > 2.5. I look forward to the 2.7 tree opening when hopefully somebody > will bring it back as an extra choice, just for the sake of it :-). The new config system provides a generic library for handling kernel configuration. My bet is we can expect lots of kernel config frontends turning up as soon as 2.6 sees the light of the world (and people find out how great it is :D). -- Tomas Szepe - 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/