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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG_FOO=y oldconfig'
On 07/30/2011 05:05 PM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
>>
>> Why????
>>
> Because kconfig might not be ran exclusively from a fully controlled
> and restricted environment ? Not to mention that it is used by other
> people than the linux kernel folks.
>

I'm sorry, but whitelisting specific options is an absolutely idiotic
way to deal with that. The options use a specific namespace (CONFIG_*),
and only allowing some options to be set on the command line, but not
others, is a serious violation of the principle of least surprise.

-hpa

--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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