busybox config

[walter harms]

Paul Fox wrote:
> [ moving this back to the list ]
> 
>  > 2008/3/6, Paul Fox <pgf at brightstareng.com>:
>  > >  >  I think busybox --config should show the original .config content
>  > >   > from which has been generate (better if stored in compressed form).
>  > >   > Kernel use .config too but share it via /proc (for obvious reasons). I
>  > >   > know people can save .config somewhere in the target system (where?)
>  > >   > but usually they do not do it. So default .config should replicate
>  > >   > itself in busybox and those want to minimize the footprint would
>  > >   > disable the option.
>  > >   >  What do you think about?
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > i believe what you want is already present, in the bbconfig applet:
>  > >     CONFIG_BBCONFIG=y
>  > >
>  > 
>  >  Thanks is exactly what I would have.
>  >  Would be better enable per default?
> 
> not as it is currently.  perhaps, if a) the text were compressed,
> in a manner similar to the usage messages and/or b) the bbconfig
> applet presented only the "enabled" features, rather that both
> the enabled and disabled features.
> 
> but as it is its something like 25K of strings.  (it would be 4K
> compressed.)
> 


it would be useful to enable if config_debug is enabled. a developer may simply post
the busybox --config output and we can recreate the problem (or even send a bb version).

my 2 cents.
 wh