patch-2.2.19 linux/scripts/Configure

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diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude v2.2.18/scripts/Configure linux/scripts/Configure
@@ -422,7 +422,18 @@
 function string () {
 	old=$(eval echo "\${$2}")
 	def=${old:-$3}
-	readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
+	while :; do
+          if [ "$old" = "?" ]; then
+             readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" ""
+          else
+	     readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old"
+          fi
+	  if [ "$ans" = "?" ]; then
+	    help "$2"
+	  else
+	    break
+	  fi
+	done
 	define_string "$2" "$ans"
 }
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