Re: Reconfiguring Kernels, Made Easier?

Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 20:06:03 -0400

> > I was wondering if it is possible for the kernel configuration
> > "program" to (based on the options chosen from the last kernel I
> > last configured) to only ask me the new/unset questions(if any)
> > that need to be answered, maybe configure -oldscript
> > <script-filename>, you can allready save your kernel
> > configuration into another file. If you can't is this not a good
> > idea?
>
> Have you tried `make oldconfig` which does just that?

I'm not sure how hard this would be, but I've felt it would be nice to have
a make old{x,menu}config and have it only display new stuff.

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