Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:06:27 -0500 | From | Legacy Fishtank <> | Subject | Re: State of the new config & build system |
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:27:24PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > Dependencies _do_ change when your .config changes, the list of files > that are included varies.
1) "#ifdef CONFIG_FOO #include ..." is usually wrong and a bug. But that is a tangent and I digress.
2) Such changes can be expressed without regenerating all dependencies.
> Linus, you have a choice between a known broken build system and a > clean and reliable system, which is slightly slower in mark 1. Please > add kbuild 2.5 to the kernel,
Your system is known broken because it is 100% slower.
My kernel builds work just fine now, your changes gain me nothing, while COSTING me productivity. I see no gains, only costs, with your kbuild-2.5 system as it exists.
Keith the target audience is Linus and Alan and ME etc. We are the kernel hackers that perform kernel -development-. Making end-user builds easier is NOT a primary nor secondary nor tertiary goal here. Make my life easier first. Fuck Aunt Tillie. Aunt Tillie can get her kernels from a vendor.
Jeff
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