From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S14B9-0001zC-QY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:03:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4AE54E0872; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:03:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE036E0872 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (unknown [192.168.1.177]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E9E8380767 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:39 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:38 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness Message-ID: <20120224230238.03192b47@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120224221124.GB27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4F45F490.2020504@waagmeester.co.za> <201202230826.00642.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4F45FE1F.9070006@waagmeester.co.za> <20120223091734.2aa3d6d0@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <4F461983.8080100@waagmeester.co.za> <20120223130822.1a260044@khamul.example.com> <20120224221124.GB27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs29 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/KMcd4NoL7_3rHrcfagp/a/U"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 9703a5d3-38d0-4bdc-8486-b903f99e689c X-Archives-Hash: fd9c939e94d6b01d574707f9707eca61 --Sig_/KMcd4NoL7_3rHrcfagp/a/U Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:11:24 -0800, ny6p01@gmail.com wrote: > Or just import .config into the 'New' directory, and run plain ol' make > menuconfig. Menuconfig will import what it can from the old config. From > what I've read of the docs, make oldconfig is the dangerous part that > should be avoided between substantial kernel updates. make oldconfig is not the risk, importing the old config is. oldconfig tries to convert the old config to suit the new kernel, with a success rate probably in excess of 99%, despite what has been written about it. Using the old .config without make oldconfig is a good way of getting the worst of both worlds. --=20 Neil Bothwick Windows Error #56: Operator fell asleep while waiting. --Sig_/KMcd4NoL7_3rHrcfagp/a/U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk9IFw4ACgkQum4al0N1GQOJEgCbBC6qmB924WjH8gXExGg83P8i wtQAn3uiKqvSpaXwC8+XTXkzQxdRgL+F =BggB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/KMcd4NoL7_3rHrcfagp/a/U--