Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:29:24 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG_FOO=y oldconfig' |
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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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