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Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:58:03 -0500
From: Legacy Fishtank <garzik@havoc.gtf.org>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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Subject: Re: State of the new config & build system
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:26:49PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:16:03 -0500, 
> Legacy Fishtank <garzik@havoc.gtf.org> wrote:
> >I think one thing to note is that dependencies is that if you are smart
> >about it, dependencies -really- do not even change when your .config
> >changes.
> >
> >What about a system where Linus runs "make deps" -once- before he
> >releases a tarball.  This in turn generates dependency information
> >(perhaps not in purely make format) which includes 'ifdef CONFIG_xxx'
> >information embedded within.  We know that make can support ifeq
> >CONFIG_xxx for example...
> 
> Then people apply patches and break.

s/break/update dependencies/

I assumed this was blindingly obvious, but I guess not.

	Jeff


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