Re: Re: patch for patch

To:	Alan Eldridge <alane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: Re: patch for patch
From:	Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sat, 09 Jun 2001 12:11:39 +1000
Cc:	cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to:	Your message of "Fri, 08 Jun 2001 16:57:25 -0400." <52766.164.57.254.209.992033845.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender:	owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:57:25 -0400 (EDT), 
Alan Eldridge <alane@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> +tristate 'Page Buffer support' CONFIG_PAGE_BUF y
>                   I had to add this "y" **********^
>
>to the patch file. The kernel rpm would not (auto-)configure without it.
>The RPM's configure invocation bombed out because there was no default set 
>for CONFIG_PAGE_BUF.

That means there is something wrong with the auto-configure and we need
more details on what is failing.  Changing fs/Config.in is not the
correct fix, tristate does not take a default value[*], no other
tristate field in fs/Config.in needs a default.

[*] linux/Documentation/kbuild/config-language.txt

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