linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] get_maintainer: look for configuration files in ./scripts

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20211116135627.321aa8ef46ee389cf66692df@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:56:27 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] get_maintainer: look for configuration files in
 ./scripts

On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:34:01 +0100 Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com> wrote:

> Change ".scripts" to "./scripts" as described in commit bcde44ed7d2a
> ("scripts/get_maintainer.pl: use .get_maintainer.conf from . then $HOME
> then scripts").

Won't this break people who are using ".scripts"?

If so, we should either leave it as-is and update the documentation
(which doesn't appear to exist) or to newly add ./scripts and leave
.scripts unaltered.