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From: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@hp.com>
Subject: RE: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:29:08 -0700
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> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 06:43 -0700, Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort
> Collins) wrote:
>=20
> > +ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64)
> > +       yes "" | $(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR) oldconfig
> > +else
>=20
> 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.

Dan