From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 11:19:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 11:19:18 -0400 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:34569 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 17 May 2001 11:19:05 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: "Martin.Knoblauch" cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: make menuconfig - cosmetic question In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 May 2001 16:07:40 +0200." <3B03DB2C.1AC5D217@TeraPort.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 01:18:57 +1000 Message-ID: <8652.990112737@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 17 May 2001 16:07:40 +0200, "Martin.Knoblauch" wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Please turn off MIME when sending to linux-kernel, especially those useless vcards at the end of your mail. > When I diff config files pocessed by "make [old]config" and "make >menueconfig", it seems that menuconfig is not writing out some of the >"comments" that the other versions do write. Congratulations, you have found reason #93 for replacing the current configuration system (CML1) with something better - CML1 has multiple parsers with subtly different rules and output. CML2 will fix this, in kernel 2.5.