linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] kconfig: Add option to get the full help text with listnewconfig

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Message-ID: <68557a16-f69e-fa36-4b7a-729fa80f60ca@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:45:49 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jcline@...hat.com, dzickus@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] kconfig: Add option to get the full help text with
 listnewconfig

On 11/4/19 2:10 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> make listnewconfig will list the individual options that need to be set.
> This is useful but there's no easy way to get the help text associated
> with the options at the same time. Introduce a new targe
> 'make helpnewconfig' which lists the full help text of all the
> new options as well. This makes it easier to automatically generate
> changes that are easy for humans to review. This command also adds
> markers between each option for easier parsing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> ---
> v2: Dropped rfc tag, renamed extendedlistnewconfig -> helpnewconfig.
> Added another missing help text.
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/Makefile |  5 ++++-
>  scripts/kconfig/conf.c   | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

LGTM.  Thanks for the updates.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

-- 
~Randy