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

[Christopher Browne]

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.

All of those are reasonable for testing.

randconfig means that random things get tried so that you have some
chances of noticing conflicting options.

Likewise, trying them all will show off conflicts...
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