From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Limpach Subject: Re: (no subject) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:09:48 +0100 Message-ID: <3d8eece205091909095d22e249@mail.gmail.com> References: <516F50407E01324991DD6D07B0531AD5695D25@cacexc12.americas.cpqcorp.net> Reply-To: Christian.Limpach@cl.cam.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <516F50407E01324991DD6D07B0531AD5695D25@cacexc12.americas.cpqcorp.net> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" Cc: Jerone Young , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 9/19/05, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins) wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 06:43 -0700, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort > > Collins) wrote: > > > > > +ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64) > > > + yes "" | $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) oldconfig > > > +else > > > > Why are you piping in tons of nothing into Make here using the "yes" > > command? >=20 > This mechanically does the same as manually hitting > "enter" at every prompt from "make oldconfig", thus it > applies the default response for every unconfigured > option without manual intervention. I think it's preferable to have default config files which don't cause any prompting. Also if people upgrade, they probably want to be prompted on any new options. If not, then let's get the default behaviour for "make oldconfig" changed upstream... christian