Subject : Kconfig no longer outputs a .config with freshly updated defconfigs Submitter : Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date : 2008-08-02 16:03 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121769306319391&w=4 This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.26. Please don't close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
fixed by commit 22127f246dc37ed5bea0915f7860002ba6d87da7
reopening because above commit causes a new regression, as .config is now even saved where it shouldn't. try: touch .config make
(In reply to comment #2) > reopening because above commit causes a new regression, as .config is now > even > saved where it shouldn't. try: > > touch .config > make In the past I always considered it confusing that after setting a leaf variable in .config to =n the .config was not written with "is not set" instead, so I'd claim this change is not a regression but an improvement. Or is there any problem I miss?
(In reply to comment #3) > In the past I always considered it confusing that after setting a leaf > variable > in .config to =n the .config was not written with "is not set" instead, so > I'd > claim this change is not a regression but an improvement. If you want to explicitely update the .config you can always call oldconfig, but other people keep their .config in a VCS, so if they restore a previous (valid) .config, a simple make would modify it (e.g. with a new timestamp). Writing the new .config only if neccessary is also a good sign that something was wrong with the old config and one can check what changed. This is now lost.
Since the problem in question is different from the original one, can you open a separate bugzilla entry for tracking it and close this one, please?
On Sunday, 10 of August 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:43:51AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11230 > > Subject : Kconfig no longer outputs a .config with freshly > updated defconfigs > > Submitter : Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > Date : 2008-08-02 16:03 (8 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121769306319391&w=4 > > The originally reported issue is fixed, > but the fix was bad. > Roman have already posted a patch fixing it but I need time > to review/test.
The other issue got fixed by commit 204c96f609045a8ce84d1dca3e758ee9b0b2a95c