Re: [PATCH 2/2] diffconfig: add verification mode

Masahiro Yamada
2025-02-10T05:24:25Z

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> When creating kconfig files from defconfig files or snippets some items
> from the reference config may be silently omitted when dependency
> constraints are not met.
> Manual validation is necessary to make sure that the expected items are
> present in the new configuration. As the constraints can change over
> time, this validation has to be repeated.
> Extend the diffconfig script with a validation mode that can be used to
> perform those validation easily and in an automated manner.

This is a niche solution and is not worthwhile for upstream inclusion.

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Best Regards

Masahiro Yamada