Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:52:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:52:15 -0500 Received: from snark.tuxedo.org ([207.106.50.26]:2056 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:52:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:54:53 -0500 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Rik van Riel Cc: John Cowan , Peter Samuelson , "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch Message-ID: <20010326125453.A18646@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Rik van Riel , John Cowan , Peter Samuelson , "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:55:02AM -0300 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rik van Riel : > What's wrong with using the _file type_ for these things ? I don't understand that. > Conversely, why can't CML2 use the CONFIG_ prefix to > determine if a symbol is a configuration option, like > we're doing now? I do understand this. Greg Banks pointed it out last night, and I'm testing a CML2 version that implements it now. -- Eric S. Raymond The two pillars of `political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth -- George MacDonald Fraser - 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/