How to config twice with make-kpkg
When building kernels the Debian way, with make-kpkg and
kernel-source-xxx, as well as various Debianized kernel-patches, I
find I want to run oldconfig and then xconfig. I run oldconfig so I
can specifically see and tweak the new options since the last kernel
version; then I run xconfig to change other options.
The problem is that if I run make-kpkg configure twice, the second
time it just says things are up to date and does nothing.
I've gotten around this by running make-kpkg clean in between. I was
originally concerned this would wipe out my configuration settings,
but that does not seem to be the case. However, this makes for a very
slow process, as I must clean and then regenerate a lot of stuff.
Is there a better way?
Further info: Because I'm applying kernel patches, I want to do the
configuration after the patching. It may also be relevant that I'm
using make-kpkg's --revision and --append-to-version options.
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