Re: [gentoo-kernel] How works Genkernel's non-interactive 'make oldconfig'

[Master Control Program <jonlin@tesuji.org>]

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

> On 6/15/07, Arne St=E4cker <arnestaecker@web.de> wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2007 schrieb Greg KH:
> > > That's not really safe.  You want to use the defaults, which is w=
hat
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 presen=
t :)
> > >
> > > 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?
>

Yep, shot myself in the foot when SATA options appeared in the kernel 
and there was no boot device.






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