/proc/config.gz support on? Why not?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 24.11.2004 schrieb Jeremy Rosengren um 8:03:

> If they're that important to you, I'd imagine you'd find ways to make
> backup copies of them to prevent complete loss in the event of an
> accidental deletion.  Otherwise, you can always get at them by
> reinstalling the kernel RPM.
> 
> -- jeremy

You don't need to reinstall the kernel

rpm2cpio kernel-version.arch.rpm | cpio -ivd config-versionnumber

will extract only the config file (not sure whether full path needed for
cpio; can be tested with `cpio -t').

Alexander


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