linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove reference to "depends" directive from Kconfig documentation.

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Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:38:14 -0500 (EST)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove reference to "depends" directive from Kconfig
 documentation.

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:40:25AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   Remove from the documentation the notion of using "depends" rather
> > than "depends on" in Kconfig files.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> >   given that there are only three Kconfig files left that still use
> > "depends" rather than "depends on", there's no point encouraging
> > anyone to still use it (although the parser itself still accepts both
> > "depends" and "requires").
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> > index 536d5bf..658abb5 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> > @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
> >    Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added with
> >    "if".
> >
> > -- dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
> > +- dependencies: "depends on" <expr>
> >    This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple
> >    dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies
> >    are applied to all other options within this menu entry (which also
>
> Your patch does something different:
> It's not about "depends", it's about the unused alternative "requires".
>
> Removing "requires" sounds reasonable (even for the implementation, not
> only the documentation), but that's different from what you were
> thinking about.

argh, sorry, brain glitch there.  i'll resubmit with the right
wording.

rday
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