linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] merge_config.sh: Avoid creating unnessary source softlinks

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:57:18 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] merge_config.sh: Avoid creating unnessary source
 softlinks

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 08:26:56AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/04/2013 12:02 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> > Viresh noticed when using merge_config.sh that a source softlink
> > was being created even when he didn't specify the -O option.
> > 
> > The problem arises due to the previous commit 409f117e2d6b
> > which added the -O option. Basically if -O is not specified,
> > we still pass '-O=.' to the make command, which then generates
> > a source softlink to ./
> > 
> > This patch adds an extra check so if there is no -O specified
> > to merge_config.sh, we don't pass one on to make.
> > 
> > Cc: Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>
> > Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> > Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
> > Cc: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@...driver.com>
> > Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
> > Reported-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> > Tested-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> 
> Thanks John!
> 
> Acked-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>

Added to kbuild.git#kconfig.

Michal
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