linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:29:24 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
CC:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Enable 'make CONFIG_FOO=y oldconfig'

On 07/30/2011 05:05 PM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
>>
>> Why????
>>
> Because kconfig might not be ran exclusively from a fully controlled
> and restricted environment ? Not to mention that it is used by other
> people than the linux kernel folks.
> 

I'm sorry, but whitelisting specific options is an absolutely idiotic
way to deal with that.  The options use a specific namespace (CONFIG_*),
and only allowing some options to be set on the command line, but not
others, is a serious violation of the principle of least surprise.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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