Hi,

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Blaisorblade wrote:

> On Friday 16 February 2007 20:12, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Blaisorblade wrote:
> > > However, more important, if I remove STACKTRACE_SUPPORT, or if I make
> > > it 'default n', FAULT_INJECTION can still be enabled, even if it selects
> > > STACKTRACE which has a failed dependency (tested on UML). Which is a
> > > Kconfig bug - if A selects B and B depends on C, no dependency of A on C
> > > is deduced. Right Roman?
> >
> > Correct, but could someone please give me some more context, what the bug
> > is supposed to be here?
> Hmm.
> You agree that "if A selects B and B depends on C, no dependency of A on C is 
> deduced", right?
> 
> The implication is that the user can enable A, which selects B, while C is 
> still disabled. The B -> C dependency is violated, and the build will fail or 
> bad things will happen.

Indeed, that's why in this case everything that selects STACKTRACE depends 
on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT.

bye, Roman

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