Re: [PATCH] kbuild: fix oldnoconfig to do the right thing

[Michal Marek]

On 8.10.2010 17:12, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:54:38PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
>> Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that this is a regression from 2.6.35 and
>> applied it to the kconfig branch, which is part of for-next. I'll try to
>> send a pull request with this patch and two other later today, but I
>> don't know if Linus is going to accept it.
>>
> 
> It's not a regression from .35, just trying to avoid unexpected changes

Yeah, I meant "bug introduced in 2.6.36-rc1".


> to how parts of the build system work after release (which means it
> could be perceived as a regression from .36 to .37)
> 
> IE: Someone begins to expect this behaviour in 2.6.36, and then
>  the patch goes into 2.6.37-rc1, so 2.6.37 behaves differently.

I see.

Michal
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