Re: What about make mergeconfig ?

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >| >Can't you do that with just a sort command?
> >| >
> >| >  sort .config other.config > new.config
> >| 
> >| That does not work where .config and other.config have the same symbol 
> >| listed, kconfig will bark and use the first value encountered. Because I 
> >| do have exactly that problem with my patch series (changes some Ys to 
> >| Ms), I am in need of the following patch to Kconfig TDTRT.
> >
> >Or you can use the following hack:
> >
> >  (sort .config other.config; echo set) | sh | grep ^CONFIG_ > new.config
> 
> That does not properly deal with "# CONFIG_XYZ is not set" lines in 
> other.config.

What about RCS merge?

merge -p other.config .config.old .config > other.config.new

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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