linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] buildtar: Add ARCH to the archive name

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Message-ID: <20130307110659.GC22602@8bytes.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:06:59 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] buildtar: Add ARCH to the archive name

On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:05:47AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> When dealing with multiple sub-arches (like 32- and 64-bit on x86, for
> example) generating a bunch of kernel tar archives with the same name
> but for different sub-arches could get confusing and error-prone. Also,
> the build process could overwrite otherwise unrelated builds and you
> probably don't want that. So, add the architecture to the archive name
> for more clarity and less shoot-yourself-in-the-foot practices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Good idea, but I already hear people yelling about their scripts that
break with this change :)


	Joerg


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