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Subject: Re: [ 30/62] Fix modpost failures in fedora 17
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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:41:32 -0500

> I haven't tested this, but I suspect 3.0.y has the same problem ---
> v3.3-rc1~66^2~12 ("modpost: use a table rather than a giant if/else
> statement") just clarified the code a little and does not seem to have
> gone wrong.
> 
> In other words, the conflict encountered when applying this to 3.0.y
> looks like a textual and not a meaningful one.  Backport follows.

This is %100 correct.