Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Thu, 8 Feb 2018 09:45:09 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] kconfig: invoke silentoldconfig when compiler is updated |
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On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote: > > Should this be checked? > Or, is it just "Don't do it" thing?
I think it's probably a "Don't do it".
In fact, maybe we should just make it very explicit that you need to re-run "make *config" by hand if you have updated your compiler.
So instead of your "run silentoldconfig" if the compiler version has changed, just literally error out and say "compiler has changed, re-run configuration".
That way there are no subtle silent failures where you might end up - by mistake - building just modules with a new compiler and different options. Because people would be *aware* of the re-configuration.
Anyway, I suspect this is a tiny detail that we don't have to set in stone right now. Maybe worry about it more when/if it actually becomes something that people notice?
Linus
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