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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:03:41 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: Re: kbuild: Implicit dependence on the C compiler
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Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> It better be difficult. You want to recompile when changing gcc.
> Try this untested patch.
> 

Sorry, but that's baloney.  Saying "it better be difficult" is 
equivalent to saying "kbuild is smarter than you."

I don't mind the current default, but saying I shouldn't be able to 
override it is asinine.

It also means "make install" is largely unusable.

> There is no way to tell kbuild "ignore gcc change"

There really needs to be one.

	-hpa
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