Makefile

linuxdev · 02-17-2004, 08:49 AM

If Anyone can help me make understand what these two statements are doing in Makefile:

oldconfig: symlinks
$(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure -d arch/$(ARCH)/config.in

oldconfig_nonint: symlinks
$(CONFIG_SHELL) scripts/Configure -D arch/$(ARCH)/config.in

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wapcaplet · 02-17-2004, 09:50 AM

Looks like they're running a configuration script for your architecture.

linuxdev · 02-17-2004, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wapcaplet
Looks like they're running a configuration script for your architecture.

Thanks yeah it seems to run scripts ....but I could not understand -d and -D option present in each statement?

wapcaplet · 02-17-2004, 10:41 AM

I guess they are options to $CONFIG_SHELL, whatever that may be. (is it defined somewhere else in the makefile?) I assume it's to tell the configuration program to pull in the specified config.in file for your architecture.