Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning] | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:55:10 +0100 |
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Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> * Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote: > >> Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> writes: >> >> > Hi Andreas, >> > >> > Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> writes: >> >>> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux >> >>> kernel versions with new binutils do? >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> The same that testers have to do in order to build old Linux kernel >> >> versions with current versions of make. >> > >> > Are you saying it's OK to screw over binutils users because GNU Make >> > did that too? >> >> I'm just telling you the facts. > > And you are wrong
This is just ridiculous. You are defining away facts just because they don't fit your view.
> latest Make does not break reasonably old kernel builds such as > v2.6.30.
$ git tag --contains 3c955b4 | head -1 v2.6.36
Andreas.
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