Re: 2.1.109ac1 is out

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
17 Jul 1998 23:26:39 GMT


In article <Pine.LNX.4.00.9807172008060.3766-100000@cyberelk.elk.co.uk>,
Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In 2.1.109ac1:
>
>@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
> int ' Receiver timeout' CONFIG_ESPSERIAL_RX_TMOUT 128
> fi
> fi
>-if [ "$CONFIG_PARPORT" != "n" ]; then
>+if [ "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "m" ]; then
> dep_tristate 'Parallel printer support' CONFIG_PRINTER $CONFIG_PARPORT
>- if [ "$CONFIG_PRINTER" != "n" ]; then
>+ if [ "$CONFIG_PRINTER" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "m" ]; then
> ^^^^^^^
> bool ' Support IEEE1284 status readback' CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK
> fi
> fi
>
>
>Shouldn't that read "PRINTER"?

No, it should read "completely broken patch".

There was a bug in Menuconfig that made Menuconfig unable to parse the
original correctly. That bug has been fixed for some time, but Alan
seems to have an old patch that tries to work around that. So not only
is the patch buggy, it is also unnecessary.

Linus

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