when to use make olddefconfig

[Sumit Kumar]

Hi Alexander,

Thanks a lot for the quick response. I am now clear about olddefconfig 
usage.


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Thanks and Regards,

Sumit


On Monday 23 April 2018 12:04 AM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Sumit Kumar <sumit686215 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was going through this link :
>> https://kernelnewbies.org/OutreachyfirstpatchSetup , and came across the
>> make olddefconfig cmd. The explanation on the web page is very confusing.
>> Can anyone please explain in simpler way when "make olddefconfig" cmd is
>> intended to be used ? The webpage says this : If you need to make any
>> changes to your configuration, run this command to silently update any new
>> configuration values to their default.
>>
>>
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>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>> Sumit
>>
>>
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> make help | sed '/olddefconfig/!d;N'
>   olddefconfig    - Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their
>                     default value without prompting