automated test? (was Re: Linux 2.6.17.7)

[David Lang]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Andrew de Quincey wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 July 2006 10:55, Arnaud Patard wrote:
> > Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.17.7 kernel.
> >
> > Sorry, but doesn't compile if DVB_BUDGET_AV is set :(
> >
> > > Andrew de Quincey:
> > >       v4l/dvb: Fix budget-av frontend detection
>
>
> In fact it is just this patch causing the problem:
<SNIP>
> Sorry, I had so much work going on in that area I must have diffed the wrong
> kernel when I created this patch. :(

is it reasonable to have an aotomated test figure out what config options are 
relavent to a patch (or patchset) and test compile all the combinations to catch 
this sort of mistake?

David Lang

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