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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:33:18 -0500
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/config: properly report and set string options
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To: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
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Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> The scenario involves an upper-layer build system that:
>   - is responsible for settings the kernel options based on global
>     configuration (eg. the same kernel build for different boards)
>     and/or options set by users (eg. I want USB camera support)
>   - uses scripts/config to set/unset options rather than implementing
>     its own logic
>   - in this case the version string can be set to include the user's
>     name, which may contain double-quotes (eg. John "Ripper" Smith)

Thanks for explaining.  That makes sense.

I agree that it doesn't sound like enough of a show-stopper to warrant
inclusion in -stable.  This build system UI bug has existed since
v2.6.31-rc1~335^2~1 (kbuild: add generic --set-str option to
scripts/config, 2009-05-25).