[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] build: fix symlinked .config handling

[Sergey Ryazanov]

When running "make menuconfig" with symlinked .config (e.g. to
env/.config) it renames symlink to .config.old, creates new .config file
and writes updated configuration here.

This breaks the desired workflow when changes in the configuration could
be checked using "scripts/env diff" and commited with
"scripts/env save". Since the env/.config file is not updated.

Fix this issue by exporting KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG=1, which forces
mconf to overwrite the .config content, instead of renaming it and
creating a new file. This variable is set only if .config is a symlink,
otherwise the variable is not exported and the old behaviour is
preserved.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a at gmail.com>
---
 include/toplevel.mk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index ceafffb..4b63e8a 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ menuconfig: scripts/config/mconf prepare-tmpinfo FORCE
 	if [ \! -e .config -a -e $(HOME)/.openwrt/defconfig ]; then \
 		cp $(HOME)/.openwrt/defconfig .config; \
 	fi
-	$< Config.in
+	[ -L .config ] && export KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG=1; $< Config.in
 
 prepare_kernel_conf: .config FORCE
 
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