On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:35, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Mi, den 24.03.2004 schrieb Kevin F. Berrien um 23:22: > > > >make oldconfig (necessary for certain buggy systems) > > "make oldconfig" is not for "buggy systems". It is a configuration step > to take the settings and switches from a previous .config of an older > kernel. So you do not have to set all again what you set up before and > you will only be requested for previously not contained switches in the > older kernel. Be aware that sometimes this step is required to be done > twice. > > Alexander In my notes on 'make oldconfig' I was referring to having to do the config twice e.g. make oldconfig && make xconfig, not that the step itself was for "buggy" systems. I had that note to myself in there as I had compiles fail if I didn't do the step twice, as you pointed out. Travis Fraser
