Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]

[Alan Cox]

> > I disagree.  The whole world is not the linux kernel.  I think HJ is
> > bending over backwards to even offer a switch that turns the error
> > into a warning.
> 
> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux
> kernel versions with new binutils do?

Use an older binutils. It's already the case you can't build old kernels
with current gcc and binutils, there have been repeated such events over
time and nobody has had too much trouble.

Alan
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