Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.2.12 failed compile on RH6 | From | Karl Kleinpaste <> | Date | 30 Aug 1999 18:06:09 -0400 |
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Steve Dodd <dirk@loth.demon.co.uk> writes: > Other things may well break if you forget to make oldconfig after patching. > Why should this one get special treatment?
Because - this (human) error occurs even in the absence of any old config which might be able to be made (i.e. I do not use patch for new kernel releases), and - the nature of the error messages given bears positively zero relation to the actual flaw encountered; one has to go grep'ing the source to find out what was wrong, when the source itself could indicate immediately what went wrong, just by use of #error.
I have seen 3 reports of this in l-k since CONFIG_xGB came into existence, and we can only wonder how many identical cases go unreported by others who have grep'd and found their trouble the hard way. Manifestly, it is a common problem. The trivial extra 2 lines would eliminate such reports entirely. There is no reason *not* to do it -- there is no reason to manifest "the hard way" in the 1st place.
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