[TriLUG] question about "make oldconfig"

rpjday rpjday at mindspring.com
Sat Nov 3 02:21:32 EST 2001


  i realize that the purpose of "make oldconfig" is to use an
existing .config file so that you only have to answer questions
about "newer" features in the kernel source you're working with.

  the question:  how exactly does the make know what is a new
feature?  does it do a recursive traversal of the kernel source
tree?  what is it looking for for comparison purposes?  just being
nosey.

rday




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