Hi,
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Ben Collins wrote:
> > That just means Debian's automatic build for the kernel has been broken for
> > years. All normal config targets require user input and no input equals
> > default input. Only silentoldconfig will abort if input is not available.
>
> I think that's broken (because I don't see where that behavior is
> described).
I'll accept a patch to fix the documentation.
> IMO, based on the code, it should only go with defaults when
> -n -y or -m is passed.
No.
> Why is it so hard to error when stdin is closed? It's not like that will
> break anything.
oldconfig & co are interactive targets, so don't use them in automatic
builds. If you some problem with using silentoldconfig, describe it and
I'll help to solve it.
bye, Roman
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