From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQKWG-0001u4-HM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:16:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A9E9E0217; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9C1EE0217 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:15:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so153729qwc.10 for ; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:15:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=ryWYzM39ldc72pd5owGLjFVot9VjpcTzrPJAN/LftCA=; b=DQp2WyqwH37BY6KOVNTwc6UMgfMSasyO6akQfou3R59geibp8kbVEKg9hQnONcCJrb QX85gL+RfjjV7HfKc9tDDUmYlCup5sD2F2IlodAZS5hjVyqMgsRxFtW9vrcNRFd8Ehuc mfQB+pQ3H8HJdXi+eZzV2SrxL7SgEA+fD0QeE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=IjS4ABJ2siHtQJDlY7kqnpa6dUsSFOR/HJ4punpHVVBGlUsedXmbpijusDzW6o5gea WCx5GNsWjJWy4LjRnCuKTy8CQGg5i2dw7O4Vlm7QnCRzYjtoZWmP1nqin+J9ePEoODxM pCb+gAzfv/XaNdNomyltDkQw4XtnOT2MSrYQY= Received: by 10.214.244.9 with SMTP id r9mr549293qah.51.1217934958295; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:15:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.42? ( [68.186.246.252]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm1685972yxj.7.2008.08.05.04.15.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:15:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4898365F.8000502@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:15:43 -0400 From: Eric Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080629) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: make oldconfig References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4B6A1E930E7E6959325CF9E2" X-Archives-Salt: 47eb4d44-5210-4dcf-b1c2-d69f6093a025 X-Archives-Hash: 194288a5f976dbfa0a22f55dde7a4a12 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4B6A1E930E7E6959325CF9E2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > James wrote: >> Hello, >> >> It seems like I remember that 'make oldconfig' is not >> needed any more, to pass the current (booted) kernel >> option to the .config for building a new kernel. >> >> Of is 'make oldconfig' still a good idea? >=20 > It's not needed, but a good idea to see if there are any new options. >=20 >=20 Why is it not needed? I could have sworn that we touched on this a week = or two ago where somebody said that /proc/config.gz could be read by=20 make config but people nixed that. --=20 Eric Martin Key fingerprint =3D D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F --------------enig4B6A1E930E7E6959325CF9E2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiYNmsACgkQaiVxdKlBO58PzACeJRFYZNKQO8Np+SHVAKhTWVIs 4CAAn2U3XWVulKpxk+z/niuB08rv85Ju =jiHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4B6A1E930E7E6959325CF9E2--