linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: document recursive dependency limitation / resolution

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Message-ID: <20150923155313.GE18173@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:53:13 +0200
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>, mmarek@...e.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, jbottomley@...n.com, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, tiwai@...e.de, corbet@....net,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, roberto@...osmo.org, zack@...ilon.cc
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: document recursive dependency limitation /
 resolution

On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:56:49PM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> 
> (This landed in my Inbox when I was away from keyboard for a few weeks.
> And then I dragged my feet a bit in answering this. Sorry about that.)

No worries I will note that I try to be as thorough so sadly this can go on
forever... I've taken your feedback and placed it first to explain *why* this
happens, then I added another subsection explaining one practical ramification
of such issue. Lastly I've exanded the patch with some homework for folks to
consider.

  Luis
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