On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:02:38 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] gentoo-sources menuconfig feature/weirdness:

> 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.

The previous poster is doing make menuconfig.  This silently performs a
make oldconfig before presenting the menu.
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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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