Re: State of the new config & build system

Alan Cox
2001-12-29T01:44:05Z

> dependency problem, any solution that does not fix _all_ 9 problems in
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kbuild/kbuild-2.5-history.tar.bz2,
> makefile-2.5_make_dep.html is not a complete fix.

All well and good but "takes 100% longer" is number 10 on that list which
you missed off, and the same argument holds for that.

> but there is one problem that is inherently unfixable. make dep is a
> manual process so it relies on users knowing when they have to rerun
> make dep AND THEY DON'T DO IT! Please do not say "I always run make

So automate running make dep.

> Linus, you have a choice between a known broken build system and a

So broken its worked for say 5 years without major problem

> ps. I don't want mail discussing individual bug fixes to mkdep. Code
> that does not fix _all_ 9 bugs listed in makefile-2.5_make_dep.html
> is pointless.

And bug number 10 you didnt mention