linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] kbuild changes for v3.11-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:26:26 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	dt.tangr@...il.com, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>,
	Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	robert.richter@...xeda.com,
	"Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	zzs0213@...il.com,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT] kbuild changes for v3.11-rc1

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 07:11:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Commit d2aae8477cd00325bb7c7c7e95be488088900c48 is broken. It causes
> root to re-write "include/config/kernel.release".
> 
> There is no excuse for this. That commit is shit. There's no way in
> hell that "make modules_install" should ever rebuild anything, so
> adding that kind of dependency is fundamentally wrong and broken.
> 
> And that totally crap commit is even marked for stable.

It's now dropped from my stable to-apply queue.

greg k-h
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