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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: 2.5 vi .config ; make oldconfig not working
From:       Dave Jones <davej () codemonkey ! org ! uk>
Date:       2002-11-05 17:13:03
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On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:

 > >Can it really be that one cannot edit a config file and run make
 > >oldconfig anymore? I'm used to editing an entry in .config and running
 > >oldconfig to fix things up, now it just reenables the option. That's
 > >clearly a major regression.
 > > 
 > It works fine for me :)
 > I don't think I could survive without the tried and true "vi .config ; 
 > make oldconfig" kernel configurator :)

Here it seems to work fine if I delete a line completely, but
if I change
CONFIG_FOO=y
to
#CONFIG_FOO=y

it regenerates .config without the #
This used to work fine. I guess the new parser
is a little more strict..


		Dave

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