Re: [PATCH][RFC] check for select dependency errors on config load

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* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There's been a few problems with SELECT and dependencies 
> lately. I've been burnt by it a few times myself. So I look at 
> the kconfig code and added this patch. It can use a bit more 
> work but it does what I want.
> 
> When the config is loaded, it checks all the symbols that are 
> selected by an active config and makes sure the visible 
> dependencies are also activated. This should probably be moved 
> to the writing of the config instead, but since I just wanted 
> to see if my current config was OK, I did it on load. This is 
> an RFC patch anyway, so fixes/comments are definitely welcome.
> 
> Here's what I get with the attached config running on 
> 2.6.29-rc5.

Yah! Very nice Steve.

/me nominates Steve as the Kconfig maintainer :-)

	Ingo
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