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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:55:09 +0100 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> CC: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, jejb <james.bottomley@...eleye.com> Subject: Re: how to handle indirect kconfig dependencies Randy Dunlap wrote: > I have a (randconfig) build of 2.6.19-rc5-mm2 with: [...] > so the question is: > (How) can kconfig follow the dependency chain and either > - prevent this odd config combination or > - see that 'select DEBUG_FS' implies 'select SYSFS' and then enable SYSFS > ? > > I don't believe that the right answer is to add > depends on SYSFS > to DEBUG_READAHEAD. I know this doesn't concludingly answer your question, but: All of the various shipped tools to generate .config need to be fixed to recognize "select" to imply a dependency like "depends on" does. [...] > ~Randy [or just kill off select] Or this. ("select" appears to be useful for dialog driven creation of .config in cases where developers are able to predetermine preferences of users --- nothing more and nothing less.) -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- =-== =---= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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