linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/3, resend] kbuild: improve option checking, Kbuild.include cleanup

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702071529390.14457@scrub.home>
Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:36:47 +0100 (CET)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Horst Schirmeier <horst@...irmeier.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3, resend] kbuild: improve option checking, Kbuild.include
 cleanup

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Oleg Verych wrote:

> -- all checks by shell united in one macro -- checker-shell;
> -- one disposable output sym. link to /dev/null per shell,
>    thus no racing, `-Z' is removed;
> -- modules' build output directory is used, if supplied;
> -- every option checking function calls shell wrapper, acquires probe;
> -- `echo -e' bashizm substituted (people with sh != bash have distinct
>    CC options!);
> -- some spelling and sense added to the comments;
> -- small shuffle of whitespace.

This patch is a bit overloaded and it would be better to split it up to 
keep functional changes separate and then please drop the symlink, it has 
no advantage to a simple temp file.
Also please don't add random whitespace, Makefiles are no C files, so 
different rules apply.

bye, Roman

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