Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964880AbcKDQRs (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:17:48 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:41788 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936176AbcKDQRq (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:17:46 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 17:17:12 +0100 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior To: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig , "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" , Ben Hutchings , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sven Joachim , Tomas Janousek , Joe Perches , Adam Borowski , Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, doko@debian.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: add -fno-PIE Message-ID: <20161104161712.m3r6ph5e5rrbd3jq@linutronix.de> References: <20161102172058.13641-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <1478213455.29107.13.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20161104010811.GD19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20161104142424.jy6ble3pge3beowh@linutronix.de> <20161104151811.GE19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20161104152223.GA1052@infradead.org> <20161104155427.GF19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20161104155855.diyclit55eay6gxk@linutronix.de> <20161104161048.GG19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161104161048.GG19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20161014 (1.7.1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 517 Lines: 11 On 2016-11-04 16:10:48 [+0000], Al Viro wrote: > And I don't see any way around severity:important against gcc-6. Unless the > policy has changed, "has a major effect on the usability of a package, without > rendering it completely unusable to everyone" still warrants that. And > kernel development (including bisects) has, until now, been consdered > a normal use of gcc. point. Granted. We had the same thing a while back when `GNU make' update led to an build error due a rule in kernel's Makefile. Sebastian