Oh wow. Yeah, it's kind of odd. It's un-Linux-like to do things behind my back like that and I find it to be extremely annoying. I'm redownloading the kernel archive and am going to try it again to see if the same thing happens, but when I cd into a kernel tree and make mrproper, I expect it to start fresh. luke wrote: > I've been noticing a similar behavior with kernel.org tarballs and > menuconfig, under Ubuntu, without kernel-package installed. > > Luke > > > On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Robert Spangler wrote: > >> That's what is weird - I did. I used >> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.1.tar.bz2. I'll >> investigate it more later - maybe kernel-package is doing something funny? >> >> >> Gregory Nowak wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> It sounds like you may be using the debian sources, since you >>> mentioned a package. I know that it's normal for what you describe to >>> happen when you do oldconfig, and you don't have a .config file in the >>> kernel source directory, I've never heard of that happening with >>> menuconfig, unless this is a debian thing like you said. What I wanted >>> to mention, in case you weren't aware of it, is that you don't have to use >>> the debian sources to build a custom >>> kernel using kernel-package if you don't want to. I personally use the >>> standard sources from kernel.org. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:34:23PM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Wow, this is odd! I untared the linux-2.6.26.1 package, created a >>>> symlink to it, called linux, and installed a git copy of Speakup to it. >>>> When I go in and do make menuconfig, it tried to take settings out of the >>>> config file for my current kernel from /boot! Then, I went to move that >>>> and it tried to take them from arch/x86/config or whatever....What's >>>> going on here? Whatever happened to just plain custom-kernel building? >>>> LOL...Unless this is a Debian thing but I don't recall reading about it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Robby >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>> - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >>> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >>> skype: gregn1 >>> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >>> >>> - -- >>> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iEYEARECAAYFAkiXvk8ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyB7YQCgjHeoAeeOW4kDiOqN5Ik0XWhZ >>> uJUAn3HH4Hd6mplllb7Ss1K8VKANTI3x >>> =3694 >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
