Re: .config: do not edit ? why ?

Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:29:55 -0500

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.

-- 


						Brian Gerst


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