[yocto] do_fetch linux hangs after defconfig/conf-fragment change

[Matthias.Heise at atlas-elektronik.com]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Samuel Stirtzel [mailto:s.stirtzel at googlemail.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. November 2014 14:24
> An: Heise, Matthias
> Cc: yocto at yoctoproject.org
> Betreff: Re: [yocto] do_fetch linux hangs after defconfig/conf-fragment
> change
> 
> 2014-11-28 14:09 GMT+01:00  <Matthias.Heise at atlas-elektronik.com>:
> >
> > I made the git setting to replace git:// with https:// which at least worked
> once ...
> > But when trying to clone as you suggested I'm asked for username and
> password for github.com !?
> >
> 
> Strange, it works for me... takes some time but doesn't ask for
> username/password.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Regards
> Samuel

I executed "bitbake -c clean linux_wandboard" and retried, then it worked again. But still for me the question is open why the sources are re-fetched only because I enable/disable kernel options (in menuconfig). Shouldn't this be just a matter of re-compiling ?