Bug 12851 - busybox 1.31.1 build: Why does it ALWAYS overwrite .config?
Summary: busybox 1.31.1 build: Why does it ALWAYS overwrite .config?
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: 1.31.x
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2020-05-03 12:58 UTC by Thomas Dettbarn
Modified: 2020-05-03 12:58 UTC (History)
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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?