Re: a few more "make xconfig" inconsistencies

From: Tomas Szepe (szepe@pinerecords.com)
Date: Wed Jan 01 2003 - 10:11:07 EST


> [john@grabjohn.com]
>
> > Oh, I see what you mean. This behavior is a "feature" of the old
> > xconfig (it's been so since the 2.0 times or thereabouts). menuconfig
> > will hide entirely what xconfig merely grays out.
>
> I actually like that feature :-(.
>
> On the other hand, the TCL-based config system has gone completely in
> 2.5. I look forward to the 2.7 tree opening when hopefully somebody
> will bring it back as an extra choice, just for the sake of it :-).

The new config system provides a generic library for handling kernel
configuration. My bet is we can expect lots of kernel config frontends
turning up as soon as 2.6 sees the light of the world (and people find
out how great it is :D).

-- 
Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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