Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-30T19:25:38Z

Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>:
> [esr]
> > Besides, right now the configurator has a simple invariant. It will
> > only accept consistent configurations
>
> So you are saying that the old 'vi .config; make oldconfig' trick is
> officially unsupported? That's too bad, it was quite handy.

Depends on how you define `unsupported'. Make oldconfig will tell you
exactly and unambiguously what was wrong with the configuration. I think
if you're hard-core enough to vi your config, you're hard-core enough to
interpret and act on

This configuration violates the following constraints:
(X86 and SMP==y) implies RTC!=n

without needing some wussy GUI holding your hand :-).
--
Eric S. Raymond

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