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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>,
	Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>,
	"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML1 cleanup patch
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:54:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010326125453.A18646@thyrsus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14hVd6-0007eK-00@mercury.ccil.org> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103261153510.1863-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103261153510.1863-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:55:02AM -0300

Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>:
> What's wrong with using the _file type_ for these things ?

I don't understand that.
 
> Conversely, why can't CML2 use the CONFIG_ prefix to
> determine if a symbol is a configuration option, like
> we're doing now?

I do understand this.  Greg Banks pointed it out last night, and I'm
testing a CML2 version that implements it now.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

The two pillars of `political correctness' are, 
  a) willful ignorance, and
  b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth
	-- George MacDonald Fraser

  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-26 17:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200103260001.f2Q01Yt09387@snark.thyrsus.com>
2001-03-26  6:08 ` CML1 cleanup patch Peter Samuelson
2001-03-26  6:24   ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  6:42     ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  7:09       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26  7:20         ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  7:30           ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26  7:37             ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  7:28         ` [kbuild-devel] " Keith Owens
2001-03-26  7:43           ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  7:52             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26 14:34       ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-26  6:49     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26  7:01       ` Jeff Garzik
2001-03-26  7:02       ` Alan Cox
2001-03-26  7:12         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26 14:43           ` Alan Cox
2001-03-26  7:22       ` Peter Samuelson
2001-03-26  7:40         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26  6:32   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-03-26 11:57     ` [kbuild-devel] " John Cowan
2001-03-26 14:55       ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-26 17:54         ` Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2001-04-15  9:07         ` Kai Henningsen
2001-04-15 20:52           ` Olaf Titz
2001-03-26  7:33 Michael Elizabeth Chastain

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