On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:52:48 +1000, Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Roman Zippel wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Peter Samuelson wrote: >> >> > Mutating the language, long-term, so that it looks less like sh [...] >> >> That doesn't solve any of the more fundamental problems. > >Correct, it doesn't. > >> 1) We still have 3 config parsers, which produce slightly different >> .config files. > >Yes. > >> 2) To integrate a new driver, you have to touch at least 3 files: >> Config.in, Config.help, Makefile. Properly configuring and building a >> driver outside of the tree is painful to impossible. > >Yes. > >> The problems are really not simple, the current config language is very >> limited, [...] > >I don't think anyone who actually understands the config system would >argue these points, but we are limited by practical constraints to making >incremental improvements only. I've been puzzling about this problem and the CML2 trainwreck. Maybe we can used advanced tools to remove the many bugs and inconsistancies and then switch to a better config tool. That way the rulebase will be (almost) identical when the config process changes. john alvord ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code1 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
