From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from edna.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.58]:41944 "EHLO edna.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751217AbYHEHbE (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2008 03:31:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:31:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: `make oldconfig' no longer updating `.config.old'? In-Reply-To: <20080804201040.GA28982@uranus.ravnborg.org> Message-ID: References: <20080804201040.GA28982@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Development , Tim Bird On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 09:02:43AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > I have the habit of doing `make .config{.old,}' after each config run, > > to see what was changed. But since a few weeks, `make oldconfig' no longer > > seems to update `.config.old'. > > > > This also breaks the default behavior of `scripts/diffconfig' (`If no > > config files are specified, .config and .config.old are used.'). > > > > Was this change intentional? > > .config is with current kconfig updated only if a user visible > symbol changes (or something like that). > I had another similar report where .config was not created if > missing and confi was not changed. > > Fix is below and I will commit it soon. Thanks! Problem solved. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds