Re: [PATCH] scripts/Kbuild.include: Fix portability problem of "echo -e"

[Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>]

Am 26.02.12 22:05, schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 06:51:34PM +0100, Bernhard Walle wrote:
>> Am 26.02.12 18:48, schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
>>>>> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
>>>>> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
>>>>> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ as-option = $(call try-run,\
>>>>>  # Usage: cflags-y += $(call as-instr,instr,option1,option2)
>>>>>  
>>>>>  as-instr = $(call try-run,\
>>>>> -	/bin/echo -e "$(1)" | $(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
>>>>> +	printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o "$$TMP" -,$(2),$(3))
>>>>>  
>>>>>  # cc-option
>>>>>  # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
>>> Roman Zippel removed use of printf in this patch: beda9f3a13bbb22cde92a45f230a02ef2afef6a9
>>>
>>> I cannot remember why - but it would be good if you could dig up
>>> why - just so we do not hit an old issue again.
>>
>> Well, he used printf "$(1)", that's different from printf "%b\n" "$(1)"
>> since format strings inside $(1) would be interpreted.
> Makes good sense.

Can we merge that for 3.4? Who is responsible, i.e. whose tree?


Regards,
Bernhard