On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:13 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masah...@socionext.com> wrote:
> The 'oldnoconfig' is really confusing due to its counter-intuitive name.
> It was renamed by commit fb16d8912db5 ("kconfig: replace 'oldnoconfig'
> with 'olddefconfig', and keep the old name as an alias").
>
> The 'oldnoconfig' has been kept as an alias for enough period of time,
> and finally I am planning to remove it. Meanwhile, the following
> message will be displayed if oldnoconfig is used.
>
> WARNING: "oldnoconfig" target will be removed after Linux 4.19
> Please use "olddefconfig" instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com>
> ---
>
> scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> index 61cdc5e..9a349bd 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ PHONY += oldnoconfig savedefconfig defconfig
> # on its behavior (sets new symbols to their default value but not 'n') with
> the
> # counter-intuitive name.
> oldnoconfig: olddefconfig
> + @echo " WARNING: \"oldnoconfig\" target will be removed after Linux
> 4.19"
> + @echo " Please use \"olddefconfig\" instead."
>
> savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf
> $< $(silent) --$@=defconfig $(Kconfig)
> --
> 2.7.4
>
Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com>
Maybe it could be extended to "Please use \"olddefconfig\" instead,
which is an alias", to make it extra clear.
Guessing "no" is from the fact that bool/tristate symbols with no user
value default to n unless they're selected or have an active default.
Confusing name still.
Cheers,
Ulf
