a few things

[Gregory Nowak]

Cute.  I used to do make config all over again, and it was a big pain.  Thanks for the info.
Greg



> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:22:02 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Re: a few things

>make config

>instead of

>make menuconfig

>will give you choices one at a time.  The downside of this approach is that
>you don't have the option to go back and forth among various selections
>until you have things the way you want them.  The advantage is that speech
>will be robust.

>Once you have a .config file you like save it off to a separate location.
>This way, the next time you want to compile a kernel you can copy this old
>configuration file into the root of the kernel tree (i.e.  /usr/src/linux)
>and do a

>make oldconfig

>This is advantageous.  You'll hate make config the first time you run it
>because it asks a gazillion questions.  But, after you've done this once,
>make oldconfig will ask only about new things.

>Also, here's what dto do if you think something in your config needs to
>change--or if you realize you've made a mistake during the make config
>process, but can't go back because that's the nature of the beast.

>Pull up the .config file in your favorite editor and find the line in
>question.  Delete that entire line--do not edit it.  You can delete one line
>or many lines, as needed.  Then, do a:

>make oldconfig

>and you'll be asked about the options you deleted only.

>This make oldconfig makes compiling new kernels a breeze.


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