linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]

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Message-ID: <m3fwqpvrjy.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:02:09 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, binutils@...rceware.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alan Modra <amodra@...il.com>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]

Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> writes:

> Hi Andreas,
>
> Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> writes:
>>> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux
>>> kernel versions with new binutils do?
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com> wrote:
>> The same that testers have to do in order to build old Linux kernel
>> versions with current versions of make.
>
> Are you saying it's OK to screw over binutils users because GNU Make
> did that too?

I'm just telling you the facts.

Andreas.

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