Re: dontdiff for 2.6.0-test4

Herbert Poetzl
2003-09-01T16:54:26Z

On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 06:22:44PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 04:39:58PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > I have updated dontdiff in the usual place:
> > > http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/dontdiff
> > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> >
> > Btw, what about putting this somewhere in the kernel tree?
>
> I do not like dontdiff to be part of the kernel tree.
> What is included in dontdiff is redundant information already known
> by kbuild. Effectively dontdiff should not list any files that would
> not be removed during a "make mrproper".

I have to agree, do not get me wrong, dontdiff might be very
useful, although I personally do not use it to create kernel
patches, but IMHO it should be autogenerated not handcrafted

best,
Herbert

> Instead why not use the knowledge kbuild has and implement
> 'make dontdiff'
>
> This could generate the list of files used for 'diff -X'.
> I can try to hack up something during the week just to see if
> it looks ok.
>
> Sam
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