... ciao: : on "6-29-2006" "John Lumby" writ: : but also (of course) a valid .config i'm not sure that a trivial task. : suggest any method at all for achieving this? i use the following to find differences in .config files. it assumes those copied to "config-[0-9]*". typically, '[0-9]*' a two digit minor version number. you might want to tweak to taste. #!/bin/sh # # find difference between ./.config files for linux echo echo Configuration differences found in \"config.diff\" fgrep -v \# config-[0-9]* | sort -t ":" -k 2,2 \ | uniq -s 10 -u | sort > config.diff -- ... i'm a man, but i can change, if i have to , i guess ... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-config" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html