Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:40:07 +0100 | From | Andreas Bombe <> | Subject | Re: State of the new config & build system |
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On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 01:31:08PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:49:38 +0100, > Andreas Bombe <bombe@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote: > >Unionfs as I understand it would be great for editing/patching and > >building. Build a kernel in the pristine sources, mount a COW layer > >over it where you patch/edit, build there. In the ideal case the COW > >layer would only build the changed file(s) and link vmlinux with all the > >other objects from the pristine build. This wouldn't affect the > >pristine build itself at all, no make problems there when you remove the > >COW build&change layer. > > You are talking about removing an entire layer, I am talking about > removing individual files when you decide the edit failed. Removing > the entire layer works, as long as all changes are always made to the > top layer. Removing individual files gets into timestamp problems.
Duh, you are right. That can't be solved cleanly.
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