linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] replacement for broken kbuild-dont-put-temp-files-in-the-source-tree.patch

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Date:	Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:16:55 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Horst Schirmeier <horst@...irmeier.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, jpdenheijer@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dsd@...too.org, draconx@...il.com,
	kernel@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] replacement for broken kbuild-dont-put-temp-files-in-the-source-tree.patch


> Why not use -o /dev/null, as Daniel Drake already suggested in [1]? In
> both as-instr and ld-option, the tmp file is being deleted
> unconditionally right after its creation anyways.

Because then when the compilation runs as root some as versions
will delete /dev/null on a error. This has happened in the past.

-Andi
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