On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 03:23:48PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 25.11.2021 14:39, Anthony PERARD wrote: > > From: Anthony PERARD <[email protected]> > > > > zconf_fopen() will open file in $srctree if the file isn't in > > $objtree. This is an issue for "auto.conf" as it could be in the > > source tree if it is dirty. With "auto.conf" read from the source > > tree, kconfig will not properly set the file associated with a > > CONFIG_* properly in "include/config/" and instead only touch the > > files that correspond to new CONFIG_* option that were not set in the > > "auto.conf" found in the source tree. > > Do we really mean to support mixing in-tree and out-of-tree builds > from one source tree? Without such mixing, iiuc there would be no > such problem.
Could you read and reply to the cover letter instead? The second paragraph of the v8 changelog speaks about this. I would rather have a discussion about this on the cover letter thread than in a patch. Thanks, -- Anthony PERARD
