linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: apply short --rules-file option

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]

Date:   Mon, 6 Nov 2023 00:55:12 +0300
From:   Dmitrii Bundin <dmitrii.bundin.a@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, nathan@...nel.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, nicolas@...sle.eu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deb-pkg: apply short --rules-file option

On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 11:08 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>
> I do not think it is a big deal because the version 1.18.8
> was released in 2016.
>
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

Even in spite of being documented that way the long option
--rules-file was fixed to behave the way it currently does in the
commit 5cd52673aabdf5eaa58181972119a41041fc85f2 of dpkg dated dated
23.07.18 and become available starting 1.19.1. That might cause build
failures for some versions newer than 1.18.8. I faced
dpkg-buildpackage: error: unknown option or argument --rules-file when
building the Kernel using Debian dpkg-buildpackage version 1.19.0.5
having no errors for --jobs. To avoid such inconsistencies I think it
might be useful to apply short options that are guaranteed to be
available starting 1.14.7.