Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:38:20 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new streaming format |
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:32:39AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > No, this is already too late: the given .config *is* already broken and > unbuildable.
Yes, and we don't build it because we fail the build.
> That does not work in two cases: > - older distros that do not have the tool packaged
This point is moot - distro kernels are built by the distro people.
> - automatic test-harness that run thousands of randconfig a day
randconfigs are not guaranteed to build successfully.
> The idea is to be always have a .config that is buildable with the > current toolset of the system, especially for esoteric and/or recent > tools that are not packaged and/or installed by default by the > distros.
How are you going to tell the user running make <something>config to install the missing tools?
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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