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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix 'Save As' menu of xconfig
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Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>,
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From:   Robert Gadsdon <rhgadsdon@gmail.com>
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Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 12:10:21 -0700
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On 03/10/2019 09:13 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The 'Save As' menu of xconfig is not working; it always saves the
> kernel configuration into the default file irrespective of the file
> chosen in the dialog box.
> 
> The 'Save' menu always writes into the default file, but it would
> make more sense to write into the file previously chosen by 'Load'
> or 'Save As'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
> ---

The 'save as' may be used for out-of-tree kernel config saves, but the 
default 'save' should always save to the in-tree .config file, as before 
(and for the past 10+ years..)  If the kernel config was loaded from an 
out-of-tree location, it now saves back to that out-of-tree location, 
which is useless for the kernel compile..

I have always kept my hardware/system-specific kernel configs 
out-of-tree, and then applied them in-tree before compiling.

Now, I have to use 'save as' and type in the entire in-tree path 
(/usr/src/linux-5.1/.config) each time, in order to apply the specific 
config to the kernel, ready for compilation.

Robert Gadsdon.
rglinuxtech.com