Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: bogous binfmt_misc patch in 2.2.0-pre1 | Date | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:05:53 +0000 (GMT) |
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> According to Alan Cox: > > Michael Chastain and others have been talking about this - there is a possible > > 'solution' for 2.3.x - which is to add a > > > > requires CONFIG_something CONFIG_somethingelse > > > > at the end of the scripts. > > That may not be enough. You should consider allowing full boolean > expressions, and/or allowing pseudo-config variables that are implied > by others. I'm thinking of Debian's packag dependencies as a model.
You do. The test patch ends up forcing you to make oldconfig and go around and fix stuff. The problem is deep and fundamental - you have to say what you need not what you want. In effect configuration is upside down - and I suspect it'll stay that way for 2.2.
Alan
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