Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:18:44 -0500 | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt: Doesn't make listnewconfig replacing yes "" | make oldconfig ? |
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On 09/11/2013 07:35:48 PM, Regid Ichira wrote: > Signed-off-by: Regid Ichira <regid23@nt1.in> > --- > Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 11 ++--------- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > index 8ef6dbb..14cc40c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt > @@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ symbols have been introduced. > To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use > > cp user/some/old.config .config > - yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new > + make listnewconfig > > -and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have > -unknown values. Of course, the .config file is also updated with > -new (default) values, so you can use: > - > - grep "(NEW)" conf.new > - > -to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the > -differences between the previous and new .config files: > +and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line. > > scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
Heh. I just make a miniconfig out of both of them and diff those, but that got rejected when I tried to push it upstream circa 2006 and I've just maintained it locally ever since...
Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
I'll sit on this for a bit to see if the kbulid guys apply it first, and if not forward it through the trivial tree.
Rob
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