Messages in this thread Patches in this message |  | | Date | Tue, 24 Sep 1996 09:11:57 -0600 | From | Erik B Andersen <> | Subject | mkdep.c cosmetic patch |
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Linus, Here is a (mostly cosmetic) patch for you... I have found your mkdep.c so useful, I have already stolen it, and am using it in another project I am working on. :-) I think adding something like the following patch will help make sure credit is given where credit is due. After all, I expect there are probably lots of other people who will steal this program and use it for other things. Lets make sure that you get the appropriate glory... -Erik
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[Patch follows] --- linux/scripts/mkdep.c.orig Tue Sep 24 08:41:17 1996 +++ linux/scripts/mkdep.c Tue Sep 24 09:01:56 1996 @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +/* + * linux/scripts/mkdep.c Version 1.02 Sep 24, 1996 + * + * Copyright (C) 1996 Linus Torvalds + * + */ + +/* If you want to make "make depend" faster, I don't see why perl would be + * the answer. Perl has the problem that it easily uses lots of memory, and + * also that it isn't always there. This generates dependancies in C - you + * now need to compile "mkdep", but at least we know that a C compiler is + * always installed, because we couldn't compile the kernel without one. + * -- paraphrased from linux.dev.kernel, 15 Sep 1996 + */ + #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> --- linux/scripts/mkdep.c.orig Tue Sep 24 08:41:17 1996 +++ linux/scripts/mkdep.c Tue Sep 24 09:01:56 1996 @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +/* + * linux/scripts/mkdep.c Version 1.02 Sep 24, 1996 + * + * Copyright (C) 1996 Linus Torvalds + * + */ + +/* If you want to make "make depend" faster, I don't see why perl would be + * the answer. Perl has the problem that it easily uses lots of memory, and + * also that it isn't always there. This generates dependancies in C - you + * now need to compile "mkdep", but at least we know that a C compiler is + * always installed, because we couldn't compile the kernel without one. + * -- paraphrased from linux.dev.kernel Sun, 15 Sep 1996 + */ + #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> |  |