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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: esr@thyrsus.com
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>,
	Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>,
	"Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@ldl.fc.hp.com>,
	james rich <james.rich@m.cc.utah.edu>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:32:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1164.987856333@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010420203700.E21392@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010420203700.E21392@thyrsus.com>  <20010420173514.A21392@thyrsus.com> <E14qjmd-0002QD-00@the-village.bc.nu>


esr@thyrsus.com said:
> If it can't be mechanically verified that the symbol has a correct
> reference  pattern within the tree, then it's broken.  That's a
> definition. 

Here's an alternative definition:

If the symbol has the letters 'F', 'I', 'S' and 'H' in it, in any order, 
then it's broken.

That's also a definition. It's not a particularly useful one, but neither 
was yours.

/me looks for a way to equate the original definition with the halting 
problem :)

--
dwmw2



  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-04-21 12:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-20  2:36 OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention? Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20  3:00 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20  3:17   ` Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20  4:07     ` james rich
2001-04-20  4:19       ` Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20  4:52         ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-20  5:17           ` Rik van Riel
2001-04-20 13:13           ` [parisc-linux] " Alan Cox
2001-04-20 13:35             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 13:43               ` Alan Cox
2001-04-20 13:53                 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 14:03                   ` Alan Cox
2001-04-20 14:19                     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 14:44                       ` Alan Cox
2001-04-20 14:59                         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 15:51                           ` Tom Rini
2001-04-20 16:06                             ` Jeff Garzik
2001-04-20 16:15                               ` Bob McElrath
2001-04-20 16:21                                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20 19:00                                   ` Jeff Dike
2001-04-20 18:47                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20 21:55                                       ` Jeff Dike
2001-04-20 18:53                                     ` Jes Sorensen
2001-04-20 16:26                                 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-04-20 16:35                             ` Nicolas Pitre
2001-04-20 16:50                               ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 19:08                                 ` Russell King
2001-04-21  3:08                                   ` Tom Leete
2001-04-21  8:53                                     ` [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone rmk
2001-04-20 18:20                               ` [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention? Tom Rini
2001-04-20 18:48                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2001-04-20 18:55                                   ` Tom Rini
2001-04-20 21:19                                   ` David Woodhouse
2001-04-20 21:24                                     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 21:29                                     ` David Woodhouse
2001-04-20 21:35                                       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 22:53                                         ` Alan Cox
2001-04-21  0:37                                           ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 23:39                                             ` Jes Sorensen
2001-04-21 12:32                                           ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-04-23 21:12                                             ` [patch] fix broken symbols (was Re: OK, let's try ...) Arjan van de Ven
2001-04-20 21:39                                       ` [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention? David Woodhouse
2001-04-21  0:24                                         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 18:50                           ` Russell King
2001-04-20 21:23                             ` Andreas Dilger
2001-04-21  0:52                               ` Proposal for better attribution structure Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20  8:19       ` OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention? David Woodhouse
2001-04-20 19:47     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 20:00       ` Matthew Wilcox
2001-04-20 20:13         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 20:55       ` Alan Cox
2001-04-21  6:48       ` [parisc-linux] " Grant Grundler
2001-04-21 14:52         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20 13:08   ` Alan Cox
2001-04-20 13:18     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-07-29 10:47     ` Riley Williams

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