Re: [kbuild-devel] CML2 1.9.7 is available

["Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>]

Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>:
> Dangling symlink kernel-tree/scripts/tree.py breaks the CML2 install,
> rm kernel-tree/scripts/tree.py first.

Fixed.
 
> There are still discrepancies between the output produced by different
> forms of make *config.  I am also seeing spurious deduction messages
> which may be related or may be a separate problem.

Separate problem. 

> Why are those deduction messages appearing in menuconfig?  I just did
> make oldconfig, the config should be stable.  I did not change anything
> in menuconfig, just saved it.

The deduction messages are happening because the side-effect forcing
logic fires whenever a symbol is set.  It has no way of knowing
whether or not the forced symbol will occur later in the config being read.
This 

> Why is the output after menuconfig WITH NO CHANGES different from
> the oldconfig that went into menuconfig?

I think it's because of the different timing of menu visits (forcing computation
of choice-menu defaults at different times).  I'm going to run some experiments
to see if I can pin this down.
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