linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix savedefconfig with choice marked optional

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Message-ID: <4C671B84.1090801@suse.cz>
Date:	Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:41:08 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: fix savedefconfig with choice marked optional

Dne 14.8.2010 23:29, Sam Ravnborg napsal(a):
> From db5b47421d4e9c2f3a35bc3aaa4a1423b767e00a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:22:16 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: fix savedefconfig with choice marked optional
> 
> savedefconfig failed to save the correct minimal config
> when it encountered a choice marked optional.
> 
> Consider following minimal configuration:
> $cat Kconfig
> choice
> 	prompt "choice"
> 	optional
> 
> config A
> 	bool "a"
> 
> config B
> 	bool "b"
> 
> endchoice
> 
> $cat .config | grep -v ^#
> CONFIG_A=y
> 
> $conf --savedefconfig=defconfig Kconfig
> 
> would before this fix result in an empty file, because
> kconfig would assume that CONFIG_A=y is a default value.
> But because the choice is optional the default is that
> both A and B are =n.
> 
> Fix so we handle optional choices correct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied to kbuild/kconfg.

Michal
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