Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:29:55 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: .config: do not edit ? why ? |
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Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > editing .config is my prefered way to configure the kernel. > i remove lines i don't like, run "make oldconfig" to add these > lines with different parameters and let the kernel do cleanups. > > but now i noticed, in new 2.3.* kernels .config contains the comment > "don't edit". i wonder why, it always worked very fine this way.
By hand-editing the .config file, you are disregarding the dependencies set up in the Config.in files (unless you are really careful). Some code may miscompile, sometimes silently, if config options are enabled that should not be because of dependency constraints.
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Brian Gerst
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