Re: How works Genkernel's non-interactive 'make oldconfig'

"Ryan Sims" <rwsimsgmail.com> wrote on
06/15/2007 03:39:38 PM:

> On 6/15/07, Arne Stäcker <arnestaeckerweb.de> wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2007 schrieb Greg KH:
> > > That's not really safe.  You want to use the
defaults, which is what
I
> > > think 'silentoldconfig' does.  You really
don't want to enable an
option
> > > like "Add self-destruct mode" to
the kernel if it is newly present 
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> > Good point. I will then use "echo n | make
oldconfig" by default.
>
> I'm not sure that really removes the danger.  What if
they split out a
> driver you need into some other config option?  If
there's a way to
> echo a newline to all the questions, that would at
least accept the
> defaults.
>
> Pardon me for being reactionary, but does
"non-interactive kernel
> configuration" give anyone else the cold sweats?
>

  I got bit by this exact issue. Don't do it. Run it by hand
and
figure out what you need to do. It isn't that hard and you
should
keep up with the changes anyway.

Brian

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