linux-kernel - Re: `make oldconfig' no longer updating `.config.old'?

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:31:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: `make oldconfig' no longer updating `.config.old'?

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 09:02:43AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > I have the habit of doing `make .config{.old,}' after each config run,
> > to see what was changed. But since a few weeks, `make oldconfig' no longer
> > seems to update `.config.old'.
> > 
> > This also breaks the default behavior of `scripts/diffconfig' (`If no
> > config files are specified, .config and .config.old are used.').
> > 
> > Was this change intentional?
> 
> .config is with current kconfig updated only if a user visible
> symbol changes (or something like that).
> I had another similar report where .config was not created if
> missing and confi was not changed.
> 
> Fix is below and I will commit it soon.

Thanks! Problem solved.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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