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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kconfig.h: Include compiler types to avoid missed
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From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
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On 2018-02-22 22:07, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:

> 
> The whole point of fixdep and the include/config hierarchy is to be able
> to remove the dependency on autoconf.h, but I'm not sure I understand
> why kconfig.h itself is also forcibly removed.

<goes digging> Ah, 6a5be57f "fixdep: fix extraneous dependencies", to
work around kconfig.h (naturally) containing the CONFIG_ pattern a few
times. Hm, we should probably make sure that kconfig.h is always on the
dependency list in .o.cmd, but just exclude it from being processed for
the CONFIG_ pattern.

Rasmus