linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] scripts/Makefile.build: do not reference EXTRA

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Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:43:12 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] scripts/Makefile.build: do not reference
 EXTRA_CFLAGS as CFLAGS replacement

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:07:13AM -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> Usage of these flags has been deprecated for nearly 4 years by:
> 
>     commit f77bf01425b11947eeb3b5b54685212c302741b8
>     Author: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...tun.(none)>
>     Date:   Mon Oct 15 22:25:06 2007 +0200
> 
>         kbuild: introduce ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
> 
> Moreover, these flags (at least EXTRA_CFLAGS) have been documented for command
> line use. By default, gmake(1) do not override command line setting, so this is
> likely to result in build failure or unexpected behavior.
> 
> Do not advertise for its usage.
> 
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org

Thanks, I applied this to kbuild-2.6.git#kbuild with your signoff
assumed.

Michal
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