From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.21: kbuild changes broke filenames with commas
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:39:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020611083947.A1346@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020609175804.B8761@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <5896.1023750165@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au>
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:02:45AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> >linux/drivers/block/smart1,2.h
> >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.c
> >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.h
> >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.scr
> >linux/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm6,7.S
> >linux/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm2,3.S
>
> kbuild 2.5 can handle filenames with ',' in the name. I do not believe
> in restricting what users can do unless there is absolutely no
> alternative. In this case a smarter build system can handle special
> filenames.
I've already fixed up the two ARM ones. That leaves one problematic
file - 53c7,8xx.c.
Is it really worth adding complexity to a build system to work around
what is really a GCC bug for just one file? I don't think so.
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-11 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-09 16:58 2.5.21: kbuild changes broke filenames with commas Russell King
2002-06-09 17:11 ` Upper limits to number of processes / threads in Linux / ia32?? M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2002-06-09 18:02 ` 2.5.21: kbuild changes broke filenames with commas Kai Germaschewski
2002-06-09 18:34 ` Tom Rini
2002-06-10 23:02 ` Keith Owens
2002-06-11 7:39 ` Russell King [this message]
2002-06-11 11:11 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-11 11:21 ` Russell King
2002-06-11 12:16 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-11 13:01 ` Russell King
2002-06-12 14:36 ` Ingo Oeser
2002-06-12 18:10 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-13 20:12 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-06-11 16:08 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-06-11 16:14 ` Alexander Viro
2002-06-11 16:22 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-06-11 16:31 ` Russell King
2002-06-11 16:36 ` Daniel Phillips
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-06-11 23:55 Keith Owens
2002-06-12 0:27 ` Kai Germaschewski
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