Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 09/11] backports: use Kconfig for backport version information | From | Johannes Berg <> | Date | Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:13:05 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2014-11-04 at 00:43 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> > > Instead of relying on Makefile hacks just use Kconfig for > defining the variables needed. We can do this since these > variables are all known at packaging time. The exception > is BACKPORTS_GIT_TRACKED, but for that we can define a > kconfig variable which only if set will we rely on the > environment for picking it up and later exporting it through > Kconfig. Since Kconfig doesn't keep config variables defined > with option env we use a secondary config entry for that.
I'd prefer you didn't do this. When we track the backports in a git tree this will mean constant changes to these files, where currently the changes are constrained to just the "versions" file.
johannes
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