Re: menuconfig displays dependencies [Was: select FW_LOADER ->depends HOTPLUG]

From: Roman Zippel
Date: Sun Aug 15 2004 - 17:48:17 EST


Hi,

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> And what's the correct handling of dependencies the selected symbol has?
>
> FW_LOADER depends on HOTPLUG, and this was the issue that started the
> whole thread.

The use of select is already a crotch here, so there's no real correct
handling. There are a few possibilities:
- if you select FW_LOADER, you have to select HOTPLUG too
- if you select FW_LOADER, you have to depend on HOTPLUG
- FW_LOADER itself can select HOTPLUG

bye, Roman
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