Re: kbuild: Implicit dependence on the C compiler

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> It better be difficult. You want to recompile when changing gcc.
> Try this untested patch.

Sorry, but that's baloney.  Saying "it better be difficult" is 
equivalent to saying "kbuild is smarter than you."

I don't mind the current default, but saying I shouldn't be able to 
override it is asinine.

It also means "make install" is largely unusable.

> There is no way to tell kbuild "ignore gcc change"

There really needs to be one.

	-hpa
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