Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel

Alan Cox
2002-05-02T14:07:52Z

> > change configs, rebuild without make mrproper). To do modversions
> > right needs a new version of modutils as well, there is no chance of
> > that work being started until kbuild 2.5 is in the kernel.
>
> How many years was it that I was telling that symbol versioning is
> a silly concept not solving any single problem and the implementation is to say
> the least ugly?

Modversions solves a huge number of problems very very well. The fact that
you don't like it doesn't change the reality of the situation.