Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I understand why the dependent symbols are saved, I disagree with the > fact that they are saved. When the saved config is read a second time, > the controlling symbols are treated as frozen, so why not output their > dependents accordingly the first time? Then you get a stable config > after one pass.
In order for the dependents not to get saved, the rule for saveability would have to exclude any symbol with an ancestor set to n, rather than any symbol with an ancestor *frozen* to n. Do you think this would be correct behavior? > BTW, there is something seriously strange with the cml2 tarballs. I > had deleted the old tarballs then decided I wanted them again. This is > what I could get from http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/kbuild/. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 kaos ocs 228908 Nov 30 17:23 cml2-1.9.0.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 kaos ocs 230160 Nov 30 16:24 cml2-1.9.1.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 kaos ocs 230110 Nov 30 16:22 cml2-1.9.2.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 kaos ocs 505899 Nov 30 11:42 cml2-1.9.3.tar.gz > > The 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 tarball contents are identical expect for the > version numbers. Both fail on install because they do not contain a > copy of Configure.help. They worked before so something in your build > process has gone cactus. Yes. I have since fixed this. > 1.9.3 is displaying far more symbols than it should. I just fixed this. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this. -- Albert Einstein, "My First Impression of the U.S.A.", 1921 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
