linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] kconfig: remove the unused "requires" syntax

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jan 2007 20:08:54 +0100
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kbuild-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] kconfig: remove the unused "requires" syntax

Hi,

On Thursday 28 December 2006 22:05, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> How to add some warning prints?

Simple, see the attached patch.

> And what's the problem with changing the generated files?
> There doesn't seem to be much activity in this area, and the noise of
> changing the generated files doesn't seem to be a problem for me (except
> if anyone else is semnding patches for the same area at the same time.
> It's not as if this noise was big compared to the diff between two Linux
> releases...

The additional syntax doesn't hurt anyone, thus I prefer the simpler change.

> Regarding external trees:
> Do you know about anyone actually using it?

No and that's not the point, there is simply no need to change the syntax this 
drastically. Just printing a warning is sufficient, which actually tells the 
user more specifically what to change, instead of an anonymous syntax error.

bye, Roman

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