Bug 156551 - make oldconfig refuses to update config, instead prompts for every option on command line
Summary: make oldconfig refuses to update config, instead prompts for every option on ...
Status: NEW
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Product: Other
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
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Reported: 2016-09-12 07:55 UTC by Cristiano
Modified: 2016-09-12 07:55 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 4.7.3
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Description Cristiano 2016-09-12 07:55:03 UTC 
I just downloaded the 4.7.3 kernel and tried to import the 4.7.2 settings with the command "make oldconfig ../linux-4.7.2/.config". This doesn't work with the 4.7.3 version kernel, or at least not as I expect. I expect it to update the 4.7.3 configuration using the values in the config file specified. Instead I think it runs "make config", prompting for input of every single value on the command line.

I'm not entirely certain the behaviour I expected is what was intended, for I'm fairly new at compiling kernels. It did however work with the 4.7.2 version, and now not anymore.
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