linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] kbuild: document recursive dependency limitation / resolution

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Message-ID: <1444120375.2417.10.camel@tiscali.nl>
Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:32:55 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
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,
	soos.mate@...il.com, skl@....ua.pt, iouliia@....ua.pt,
	Armin Biere <biere@....at>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>, ziegler@...fau.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kbuild: document recursive dependency limitation /
 resolution

Hi Valentin,

On di, 2015-10-06 at 10:19 +0200, Valentin Rothberg wrote:
> I think that a general remark that using selects should be discouraged
> as, besides causing the recursive issue, selects can also break
> dependencies.

How do selects break dependencies?


Paul Bolle
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