Bug 12851

Summary:	busybox 1.31.1 build: Why does it ALWAYS overwrite .config?
Product:	Busybox	Reporter:	Thomas Dettbarn <dettus>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	unassigned
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	busybox-cvs
Priority:	P5
Version:	1.31.x
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Host:		Target:
Build:

Description Thomas Dettbarn 2020-05-03 12:58:53 UTC

Hello.

So, I am trying to write my own scripts to build busybox.
You can have a look here:

https://www.dettus.net/detLFS/
or here
http://dettus.net/detLFS/detLFS_0.06.tar.gz

I am currently in the process of updating them to use busybox 1.31.1, since it is the most recent one.


I do have my own configuration. 

I would like to build busybox with that one.
so, before i run 

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$TOOLSDIR/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-

I do a 

cat config_busybox >.config


Unfortunately, the Makefile does not want me to do that. The Makefile INSISTS on re-running the make defconfig before building busybox. 
Why?