Re: [patch 1/3] fix buggy IEEE80211_CRYPT_* selects

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 12:07:18AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> > The way kconfig currently works, you have to ensure that the 
> > dependencies of what you select are fulfilled.
>
> Yes Adrian's right.  In the other places where we select CRYPTO
> symbols, we always make sure that CRYPTO itself is selected.  See
> net/ipv4/Kconfig for example.
I would rather fix Kconfig.  If we are selecting X_1 -- which explicitly 
depends on X -- when Kconfig should automatically select X.
It is completely illogical to duplicate a dependency chain each time you 
wish to select a symbol.
        Jeff