Re: dumb(?) question about .config file

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams (ignacio@openservices.net)
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:47:42 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, David Hollister wrote:

> I have what may be a dumb question, but I can't seem to find a suitable answer.
>
> Let's say you install RedHat out of the box. When you do that, even if you
> install the kernel source, you don't get a .config file. Is there some way to
> create a .config file based on the running kernel?
>
> I thought "make oldconfig" would do it, but from what I've read, it doesn't
> sound like that's necessarily true.

Install the kernel SRPM and look in the SOURCES directory. They're all there.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio@openservices.net>

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