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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 14:01:22 +0100
From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.21: kbuild changes broke filenames with commas
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 06:16:10AM -0600, Thunder from the hill wrote:
> Well the question is then how will things look without commas? I suppose 
> if we have very complex things and prevent using commas whereas I don't 
> assert that we do for text but this is just a bloat example it's good to 
> have things like commas allowed even though we are in case we won't allow 
> them there talking about file names.
> 
> If we allow commas all over the filesystem and likewise say that there is 
> nothing to mention about it why should we refuse them for kbuild 
> especially since there is a parallel system which allows commas?

You've *completely* missed the point.

The gcc argument >>> -Wp,-MD,foo,bar.c <<< is the problem.  If anything
should be fixed, its that silly gcc syntax.  kbuild should not work
around the inability of gcc to accept filenames with commas in.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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