Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:54:21 +0200 | From | Herbert Poetzl <> | Subject | Re: dontdiff for 2.6.0-test4 |
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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 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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