Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755284Ab1CNMLE (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:11:04 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:50010 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755158Ab1CNMLA (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:11:00 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:10:28 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Andreas Schwab , Jan Beulich , "H.J. Lu" , binutils@sourceware.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Alan Modra Subject: Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning] Message-ID: <20110314121028.GD23257@elte.hu> References: <20110311165802.GA3508@intel.com> <4D7A64670200007800035F4C@vpn.id2.novell.com> <4D7DE39302000078000362E6@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20110314095534.GB18058@elte.hu> <20110314104131.GG6275@bubble.grove.modra.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.3.1 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1050 Lines: 32 * Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > Pekka Enberg writes: > >> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux > >> kernel versions with new binutils do? > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > > The same that testers have to do in order to build old Linux kernel > > versions with current versions of make. > > Are you saying it's OK to screw over binutils users because GNU Make > did that too? The claim is not even true. While really old Linux versions wont build with fresh versions of Make, something like v2.6.30, which is a 2 years old kernel, will build just fine, using latest Make. So lets stop coming up with all the wrong reasons to not fix this problem ... Thanks, Ingo -- 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/