linux-kernel - Re: kconfig: error out if recursive dependencies are found

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Date:	Tue, 8 May 2007 00:03:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Subject: Re: kconfig: error out if recursive dependencies are found

Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> We need to point out _one_ of the faulty spots only.

The problem is you print only a random spot (which may not even be right 
one) of one of the involved symbols.
We could actually print out the whole faulty chain, but it would require a 
few changes, which might be useful to improve the select handling.

> But I see that kconfig records file:line for properties and menu entries
> but not for symbols.
> Any special reason why file:line is omitted for symbols (except size of allocated
> memory)?
> 
> Without looking into details it looks more relevant to have file:line for symbols
> rather than for prompts / properties..

A symbol can have multiple entries. The "config" line is just the start 
marker for the symbol information, which is the actual relevant part.

bye, Roman
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