From: vda <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5.
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 09:00:18 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01121709001803.01828@manta> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011216001652.A18497@thyrsus.com>
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On Sunday 16 December 2001 03:16, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> For only the second time in recorded history, the master
> Configure.help file now has help entries corresponding to *all*
> configuration symbols in live use in the kernel tree (both 2.4 and
> 2.5). It is available for your downloading pleasure at:
>
> http://tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/Configure.help.gz
>
> I had to write over 600 of the entries in this version myself,
> including the last six. Please don't put me through that again --
> when you add a config option, *include a Configure.help entry in your
> patch*. Not documenting how and why to configure your option is both
> sloppy and antisocial. I beseech the current Elder Gods of the kernel
> to reject future patches that neglect this step.
>
> Thanks to everyone who responded well to my nagging by sending in entries.
And thank you Eric for your effort! Thank you! :-)
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vda
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2001-12-16 5:16 Configure.help has complete coverage for 2.4 and 2.5 Eric S. Raymond
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