[wplug] redhat kernel woes

[billings at negate.org]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 09:11, Lance Tost wrote:
> make oldconfig is just another way to configure the options you want 
> compiled into the kernel.  Back in the day, it was the only option (no X, 

Well, there was always 'make config'.  And hacking the .config by hand.

> no menus, etc).  Nowadays, you probably want to do make menuconfig or make 
> xconfig... much, much easier to use.

make menuconfig requires ncurses, and make xconfig requires XFree86 and
tcltk, so be prepared for a headache if you are trying to use either of
these on a bare-bones install.  (I distinctly remember thinking, "I need
something other than a compiler to build the kernel?!?")

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Jonathan S Billings <billings at negate.org>
TSFNKP