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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:35:43 +0000 (UTC)
james <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier <at> googlemail.com> writes:
>=20
>=20
> > In the case you run menuconfig oldconfig is not needed. I did so
> > myself in the past. Now i simply run just oldconfig, because you
> > have a better control of what has changed between the versions.
> > After oldconfig menuconfig is not needed one of them will suffer. =20
>=20
>=20
> Thanks for all the input.
> I do agree that oldconfig and menuconfig are not both
> needed.
>=20
> That said, I'll stick with menuconfig....
FWIW, I use oldconfig, which usually goes very quickly. Then if there
was a prompt I wasn't really clear on, I google a little and make any
needed changes with menuconfig.
--=20
=BBQ=AB
Kleeneness is next to G=F6delness.