linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the kbuild tree

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Message-ID: <20201210075645.234a735d@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 07:56:45 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the kbuild tree

Hi Dominique,

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:01:30 +0100 Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org> wrote:
>
> I guess it's possible to make kbuild check both sbin and PATH, would
> that be acceptable?

I guess so.  But, have you actually found any setup where depmod is not
/sbin/depmod?  i.e. what problem are you trying to solve.  As far as I
can see all this change does is (ever so slightly) slow down the build
for no gain.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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