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

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:43:51 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	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]

Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> writes:

> * Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> writes:
>> 
>> > * Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > And you are wrong - latest Make does not break reasonably old kernel builds such 
>> > as v2.6.30.
>> 
>> This is just ridiculous.
>> You are defining away facts just because they don't fit your view.
>
> No, i actually tried out the latest released Make version (3.82) and it still builds 
> v2.6.30 fine:

That's a very convincing argument.

Andreas.

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