Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: State of the new config & build system | Date | Sat, 29 Dec 2001 01:53:17 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> dependency problem, any solution that does not fix _all_ 9 problems in > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kbuild/kbuild-2.5-history.tar.bz2, > makefile-2.5_make_dep.html is not a complete fix.
All well and good but "takes 100% longer" is number 10 on that list which you missed off, and the same argument holds for that.
> but there is one problem that is inherently unfixable. make dep is a > manual process so it relies on users knowing when they have to rerun > make dep AND THEY DON'T DO IT! Please do not say "I always run make
So automate running make dep.
> Linus, you have a choice between a known broken build system and a
So broken its worked for say 5 years without major problem
> ps. I don't want mail discussing individual bug fixes to mkdep. Code > that does not fix _all_ 9 bugs listed in makefile-2.5_make_dep.html > is pointless.
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