Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S967244AbWK2OUr (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:20:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S967246AbWK2OUr (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:20:47 -0500 Received: from relay1.ptmail.sapo.pt ([212.55.154.21]:15793 "HELO sapo.pt") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S967244AbWK2OUq (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:20:46 -0500 X-AntiVirus: PTMail-AV 0.3-0.88.6 Subject: make oldconfig problem Re: autoconf.h and auto.conf missing From: Sergio Monteiro Basto To: Lukasz Stelmach Cc: LKML In-Reply-To: <456B6B02.9060105@poczta.fm> References: <456B6B02.9060105@poczta.fm> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:20:41 +0000 Message-Id: <1164810041.13736.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1396 Lines: 40 On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 23:47 +0100, Lukasz Stelmach wrote: > Greetings. > > It seems that someone has broken *conf programs in 2.6.18 because > only "make silentoldconfig" recreates autoconf.h and auto.conf > properly after configuration (.config) has changed. > > I do everything as I always have done. > 1. create an empty dir and put my current .config there > 2. make O=dir oldconfig > 3. compile, everything seems to be OK here > 4. do some changes to .config and make oldconfig once again > BZZZZZT yap I have the same problem to workaround I just do make xconfig and click on save. I like to have some more input about this .... Thanks, > 5. auto.conf and autoconf.h don't change along with .config and when > I build the kernel once again new settings don't take effect. > > I discovered I have to make silentoldconfig to regenerate autoconf > files. However, this *seems* to force rebuilding of all the objects > instead of, what it has always done, only those that depend on > altered configurations. > > Has anyone else seen something like this? Is it a bug or a feature? > > Best regards, > > Please CC, I am not a subscriber. - 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/