linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use sed instead of perl to generate x86/kernel/cpu/capflags.c.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1101162103450.13377@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:05:41 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...uxtronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use sed instead of perl to generate
 x86/kernel/cpu/capflags.c.

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Rob Landley wrote:

> From: Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com>
> 
> Generate capflags.c with sed (POSIX 2008) instead of perl.
> 

While I'm not personally a great perl fan, this still begs the 
question, why?

We already depend on perl for other stuff, so why replace something that 
works with something that may or may not work?


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