Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: alternate /proc/config.gz patch and a kfree question. | | From | (Aaron M. Ucko) | | Date | 31 May 1998 14:52:51 -0500 |
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"Andrew J. Anderson" <andrew@db.erau.edu> writes:
> On Sun, 31 May 1998, Nicholas J. Leon wrote: > > > * it was my understand that perl was a no-no for mainstream inclusion. Cuz > > if it isn't, I reduce my two pronged approach (1 .sh, 1.c) into a single > > perl script. > > Well, I've seen it used for the NCR scsi drivers for eons now, so that's > why I didn't consider it taboo to user it.
That's a different situation; that script's output is completely system-independent and is distributed with the kernel, so it's basically never run, whereas just about everybody who enabled /proc/config would need to run your script.
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