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Message-ID: <50772BB8.6080404@suse.cz> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:27:36 +0200 From: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> To: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> Subject: Re: Documentation of kconfig language differs from implementation regarding existence of symbols Dne 10.10.2012 02:17, Martin Walch napsal(a): > The file linux/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt says: > >> The following two methods produce the same kconfig symbol >> dependencies but differ greatly in kconfig symbol existence >> (production) in the generated config file. >> >> case 1: >> >> config FOO tristate "about foo" depends on BAR >> >> vs. case 2: >> >> if BAR config FOO tristate "about foo" endif >> >> In case 1, the symbol FOO will always exist in the config file >> (given no other dependencies). In case 2, the symbol FOO will >> only exist in the config file if BAR is enabled. > > However, I can not reproduce this. The attached file contains both > cases. When running make menuconfig, setting BAR0 and BAR1 both to > n, and saving the configuration, there is neither FOO0 nor FOO1 in > the resulting configuration file. Indeed, that paragraph seems wrong. I think we should revert commit 64b81ed. Randy, Arnaud? Thanks, Michal -- 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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