linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add ``cloneconfig'' target

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikaOA48YPrmukHsVg_njzWsLFEHK54fe0Mn6yUd@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:53:22 -0500
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Cc:	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add ``cloneconfig'' target

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com> wrote:
> But this argument isn't really relevant. As with all of the other files
> listed in the defconfig_list, if it's missing (or can't be read), it
> will move on to the next one. Decompressing it first just makes things
> /more/ confusing since the initial message of 'defaults read from...'
> will read the name of the decompressed temporary file, not the source.
> It makes more sense to see it as "reading defaults from /proc/config.gz
> since that's obvious to anyone with kernel experience.
>
no, this would only be the behavior of the way you did it.

 - Arnaud
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