From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753153Ab0CEUto (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:49:44 -0500 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.142]:33967 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751800Ab0CEUtn (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:49:43 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:49:41 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Frans Pop Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zippel@linux-m68k.org, mingo@elte.hu, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, geert@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] v3 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM Message-ID: <20100305204941.GI6764@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20100305025435.GA6836@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <201003051818.10486.elendil@planet.nl> <20100305201051.GG6764@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <201003052131.12199.elendil@planet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201003052131.12199.elendil@planet.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 09:31:10PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > (Dropping cloos as that address is bouncing my mails.) > > On Friday 05 March 2010, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > s/you're over-designing this/you are freaking paranoid/ > > Whatever makes you happy :-) ;-) > > With that change, I plead guilty to charges as read. But again, I am > > worried about the case where one person generates the .config file > > and someone else is reading it. > > Not sure that's very relevant. A person reading it will still get the same > oldfashioned basic info as when a build is done from a tree that's not > under an SCM. And he won't really be in a position where he can fix the > errors anyway. But the person reading it is in a position to ask the person sending the .config to fix their build system. Thanx, Paul