Pardon me if I am a bit un-informed or something

[Joseph Kubik]

Testing purposes....
-Joseph-
On 1/10/06, Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> As many of you know I have been using linux since kernel version 1, and
> have recently attempted a compile for a particular set of modules, after
> not having done this for a long time. I noticed this when I did a "make
> help":
>
>         Configuration targets:
>           config          - Update current config utilising a line-
>                             oriented program
>           menuconfig      - Update current config utilising a menu based
>                             program
>           xconfig         - Update current config utilising a QT based
>                             front-end
>           gconfig         - Update current config utilising a GTK based
>                             front-end
>           oldconfig       - Update current config utilising a
>                             provided .config as base
>           randconfig      - New config with random answer to all options
>           defconfig       - New config with default answer to all
>                             options
>           allmodconfig    - New config selecting modules when possible
>           allyesconfig    - New config where all options are accepted
>                             with yes
>           allnoconfig     - New minimal config
>
> I mean *really*, what masochist would choose "randconfig" as the config
> target? Can someone enlighten me on what purpose this option serves?
> Same goes for "allyesconfig". I can see a use for the rest of these.
>
> Paul King
>
>
>
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