On Tuesday 19 June 2007 23:51, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:49:34 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:38:02 -0400 Len Brown wrote:
> >
> > > On Tuesday 19 June 2007 18:50, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > > > Avoid compile warning if !ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR
> > > >
> > > > CC drivers/acpi/blacklist.o
> > > > drivers/acpi/blacklist.c:76:5: warning: "CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR" is not defined
> > >
> > > How were you able to produce a .config with CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR not defined?
> > > Can you send it to me?
> >
> > 'make randconfig' does that kind of thing. It doesn't enforce/follow
> > "select" clauses.
>
> I should have also said: randconfig is good for detecting some
> missing conditions/configs or missing header files, but if you find one
> that is just plain Invalid (like some of these), just say so
> and do whatever you want with the patch (IMHO of course).
If randconfig ends up with impossible-for-a-user-to-generate configs,
then it seems seriously broken. Perhaps it would make sense to run
"make oldconfig" after "make randconfig" -- or better yet, have that
built in?
-Len
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