Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:09:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:09:12 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:23821 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:09:04 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Riley H Williams Cc: Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.13 default config In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:52:23 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:09:26 +1100 Message-ID: <21646.1004231366@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:52:23 +0100 (BST), Riley Williams wrote: >The enclosed patch (against the raw 2.4.13 tree) adds a `make defconfig` >option that configures Linux with the default options obtained by simply >pressing ENTER to every prompt that comes up. > >Please apply. Please don't. You cannot blindly reply 'y' to all new options, it will hang on numbers and strings, the answer has to be context sensitive. There is already a patch for make allyes, allno, allmod and random (but valid) configs in kbuild 2.5. That patch is context sensitive and can easily be extended with defconfig. - 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/