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Message-ID: <20100305204941.GI6764@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:49:41 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, mingo@...e.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] v3 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 09:31:10PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > (Dropping cloos as that address is bouncing my mails.) > > On Friday 05 March 2010, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > s/you're over-designing this/you are freaking paranoid/ > > Whatever makes you happy :-) ;-) > > With that change, I plead guilty to charges as read. But again, I am > > worried about the case where one person generates the .config file > > and someone else is reading it. > > Not sure that's very relevant. A person reading it will still get the same > oldfashioned basic info as when a build is done from a tree that's not > under an SCM. And he won't really be in a position where he can fix the > errors anyway. But the person reading it is in a position to ask the person sending the .config to fix their build system. Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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