Re: [PATCH] scripts/config: properly report and set string options

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Yann E. MORIN wrote:

>   - it breaks the build for users that tweak the kernel configuration from
>     an upper-layer (aka 'integrated') build-system, using this script which
>     is bundled with the kernel in the first place.

The questions I have are, did using special characters like this work
before or is support for values with quotes inside just a new feature?
Or is there some wrapper around the linux makefile that automatically
uses values with quotes on them, making it effectively impossible for
some class of people to run some versions of Linux?

I don't expect this patch to cause problems for people, but it is a
good practice to explain what scenario justifies backporting a patch
to the stable series, if only because it keeps the volume of patches
to search through when there is a new bug down.

Thanks,
Jonathan