linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl

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Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:56:19 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> On Tue 2015-01-06 15:50:24, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:41:35 -0600 Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Commit e6023367d779 added perl back to the kernel build in -rc6.
>> > Replace 39 lines of perl with 4 lines of shell script.
>>
>> Please resend this:
>>
>> - Express the commit in the conventional fashion
>>
>>   e6023367d779 ("x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd")
>>
>>   - So that we all don't have to go look up the commit to find out
>>     what happened.
>>
>>   - So people can look up the commit in other trees, where the hash
>>     might change.
>>
>> - Cc the people who wrote and committed the patch.
>>
>> - The offending commit has cc:stable, so have a think about adding a
>>   cc:stable to this one as well.
>
> Actually, I don't think this should go to stable. I like the patch,
> but it is not a bug, and certainly not serious enough one.

It is a regression w.r.t. building.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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