Re: [PATCH] Do not rebuild full kernel tree again and again...

Tejun Heo
2006-03-16T18:31:34Z

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 09:47:08PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> >>I'm seeing this behaviour too in -rc6 and it is a bad regression
>
>>>>for a developer. I assume there will be some workaround?
>>>
>>>I assume debian soon will update make to current version from CVS that
>>>has this behaviour removed.
>>>
>>
>>So long as it just requires a tools update then that's fine for me.
>
> I should note here that it was agreed with Paul that upcoming make
> relase will not have this change, but next release will have it.
> So 2.6.17 kbuild will take care of being forward compatible in this
> matter.
>

Wouldn't it be better to have an option to tell make to assume the old
behavior? I only skimmed the original thread but it didn't seem terribly
complex thing to do. A LOT of people will be doing things on pre-2.6.17
kernel for quite some time and they will be cursing a lot if they have
to rebuild everything everytime.

Thanks.

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tejun