Re: on builds/randconfigs (was: [PATCH -next] thermal: depends on NET)

Stephen Rothwell
2011-01-13T00:44:57Z

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Hi all,

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:58:26 -0500 (EST) Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> wrote:
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> Kconfig select needs to be fixed so that it is not possible to
> select something if that something's dependencies are not met.

So, should the config step fail if such a thing is attempted, or just not
honour the "select"?

BTW, Linus asked me to investigate the alternative of having "select"
(recursively) automatically set the dependencies if they are not already
set ...

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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