Re: make dep bombs
From: Travis Fraser (travis_at_snowpatch.net)
Date: 03/25/04
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:01:17 -0500
On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:35, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mi, den 24.03.2004 schrieb Kevin F. Berrien um 23:22:
>
> > >make oldconfig (necessary for certain buggy systems)
>
> "make oldconfig" is not for "buggy systems". It is a configuration step
> to take the settings and switches from a previous .config of an older
> kernel. So you do not have to set all again what you set up before and
> you will only be requested for previously not contained switches in the
> older kernel. Be aware that sometimes this step is required to be done
> twice.
>
> Alexander
In my notes on 'make oldconfig' I was referring to having to do the
config twice e.g. make oldconfig && make xconfig, not that the step
itself was for "buggy" systems. I had that note to myself in there as I
had compiles fail if I didn't do the step twice, as you pointed out.
Travis Fraser
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