Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761912AbXEPJRV (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 05:17:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757968AbXEPJRO (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 05:17:14 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:35956 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756058AbXEPJRM (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 05:17:12 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=md++gZSbZHkywWwx0SvWZ90EassDIACGN84BvzNBgf4+XGaGSj5Tn8w/MMCMbV8sFCOdiRho87r9rcEkGlnw7E2VTPfYYRSTIo0RiHKAZn5sGOIB39EJXX+urKGINiOgktKFeefEvGmX/XltFA/vs4gdFb0c1tcXv0f/zG3xMpY= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:47:10 +0530 From: "Satyam Sharma" To: "Tilman Schmidt" Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1 Cc: "Jan Engelhardt" , LKML , "Stefan Richter" In-Reply-To: <464ACB7E.9040405@imap.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4647569D.7010709@imap.cc> <4648A3DF.7040004@imap.cc> <46498EE3.8010907@imap.cc> <464ACB7E.9040405@imap.cc> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1035 Lines: 20 On 5/16/07, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 16.05.2007 03:39 schrieb Satyam Sharma: > ["default n" for menuconfig] > > these problems would occur only the _first_ time someone > > transitions from the old .config's to the new scheme. But those > > "default y"s for all the various "configmenu"s (let's please call > > them that) that got introduced in the Kconfig files would cause > > unnecessary annoyance to users of make oldconfig _for ever_. > > I'm not sure I'm following you. Where would that annoyance occur? > On subsequent uses of "make oldconfig" the default shouldn't even > matter, as the previous choice would just silently be kept. Aargh, you're right. The prompt'll come only if it's a "(NEW)" configmenu addition and hence not come after the first time either. - 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/