From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:40:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:40:48 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:54287 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:40:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:44:55 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Gregoire Favre Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why it would be good to have AC interdiff patches Message-ID: <20020829094455.GA18846@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20020829074759.GC851@ulima.unil.ch> <20020829081533.GA541@diamond.ipht-jena.de> <20020829091552.GE851@ulima.unil.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020829091552.GE851@ulima.unil.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OS: GNU/Linux 2.4.20-pre1/sparc SMP X-Uptime: 4 days, 1:59 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > 3) The time for compilation would be smaller as you modify less files. > > > > Somebody wrote me one time that it is always a good thing to make an > > "mrproper" after I have applied a patch to kernel sources. > > > > Is that right? > > Well, I never did... You're asking for serious problems. ld will often not fail when the ABI changes and evil things *will* happen if a fc ends up popping nonsense from stack.