Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:05:55 +0100
From: Romain Lievin <romain@rlievin.dyndns.org>
To: Ozan Eren Bilgen <oebilgen@uekae.tubitak.gov.tr>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: True story: "gconfig" removed root folder...
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Hi,

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:36:45PM +0200, Ozan Eren Bilgen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Today I downloaded 2.6.1 kernel and tried to configure it with "make
> gconfig". After all changes I selected "Save As" and clicked "/root"
> folder to save in. Then I clicked "OK", without giving a file name. I
> expected that it opens root folder and lists contents. But this magic
> configurator removed (rm -Rf) my root folder and created a file named
> "root". It was a terrible experience!..
> 

I attempted to reproduce your steps but it did not remove my /root directory.
Instead of that, gconf created a .config file in the root dir.

> Please fix this. I didn't check that same problem (I even didn't launch
> them) exist for other configurators then gconfig.
> 

Maybe I should avoid empty file name. It will be fixed in a further patch.

> I send this mail here because I guessed that the configurator is a part
> of kernel.
> 
> Note: (As you wished) Please CC me your responses.
> 
> 
> TIA
> -- 
> Comp. Eng. Ozan Eren BILGEN
> 
> TUBITAK - UEKAE (Turkey)
> National Research Institute of Electronics & Cryptology
> Special Projects Group
> Researcher
> 
> 
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Thanks, Romain.
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