Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753178Ab0DMUCc (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:02:32 -0400 Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:17372 "EHLO rcsinet11.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753104Ab0DMUCb (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:02:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:31 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Aristeu Rozanski , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Michal Marek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@redhat.com, kyle@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com, arjan@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: introduce nonint_oldconfig and loose_nonint_oldconfig Message-Id: <20100413130031.d4dec19b.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20100413194747.GX31193@redhat.com> References: <20100413194747.GX31193@redhat.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4BC4CDC4.0112:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1492 Lines: 43 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:47:48 -0400 Aristeu Rozanski wrote: > This patch has been around for a long time in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise > Linux kernels and it may be useful for others. The nonint_oldconfig target > will fail and print the unset config options while loose_nonint_oldconfig will > simply let the config option unset. They're useful in distro kernel packages > where the config files are built using a combination of smaller config files. > The patch's author AFAIK is Arjan van de Ven. Arjan, please add a Signed-off-by > if you're the original author. Roland McGrath added the loose parts according to his email of 2008.Mar.05: "I added this one (loose_nonint_oldconfig target, -B option to conf)." after Dave Jones posted this patch. (adding linux-kbuild mailing list & kbuild maintainer) Acked-by: Randy Dunlap > Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski > @@ -613,5 +641,5 @@ int main(int ac, char **av) > exit(1); > } > } > - return 0; > + return return_value; > } Having 'make oldconfig' exit with Exit status: 139 (for example) can be confusing. I know that from experience. It took me a bit to find out what that meant. That part could be improved... --- ~Randy -- 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/