Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262954AbTIAQy0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:54:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262969AbTIAQy0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:54:26 -0400 Received: from TEST.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.51]:28811 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262954AbTIAQyW (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:54:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:54:21 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Tigran Aivazian , Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: dontdiff for 2.6.0-test4 Message-ID: <20030901165421.GA20603@DUK2.13thfloor.at> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tigran Aivazian , Christoph Hellwig References: <20030901163958.A24464@infradead.org> <20030901162244.GA1041@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030901162244.GA1041@mars.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1528 Lines: 38 On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 06:22:44PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 04:39:58PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > I have updated dontdiff in the usual place: > > > http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/dontdiff > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > > > > Btw, what about putting this somewhere in the kernel tree? > > I do not like dontdiff to be part of the kernel tree. > What is included in dontdiff is redundant information already known > by kbuild. Effectively dontdiff should not list any files that would > not be removed during a "make mrproper". I have to agree, do not get me wrong, dontdiff might be very useful, although I personally do not use it to create kernel patches, but IMHO it should be autogenerated not handcrafted best, Herbert > Instead why not use the knowledge kbuild has and implement > 'make dontdiff' > > This could generate the list of files used for 'diff -X'. > I can try to hack up something during the week just to see if > it looks ok. > > Sam > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/