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* [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt: Doesn't make listnewconfig replacing yes "" | make oldconfig ?
@ 2013-09-12  0:35 Regid Ichira
  2013-09-12  8:18 ` Rob Landley
                   ` (2 more replies)
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From: Regid Ichira @ 2013-09-12  0:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michal Marek, Rob Landley; +Cc: linux-kbuild, linux-doc, linux-kernel

Signed-off-by: Regid Ichira <regid23@nt1.in>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 11 ++---------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 8ef6dbb..14cc40c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ symbols have been introduced.
 To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
 
 	cp user/some/old.config .config
-	yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new
+	make listnewconfig 
 
-and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have
-unknown values.  Of course, the .config file is also updated with
-new (default) values, so you can use:
-
-	grep "(NEW)" conf.new
-
-to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the
-differences between the previous and new .config files:
+and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line.
 
 	scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
 
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

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