Re: 2.5.21: kbuild changes broke filenames with commas

[Daniel Phillips]

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 09:39, Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:02:45AM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> > >linux/drivers/block/smart1,2.h
> > >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.c
> > >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.h
> > >linux/drivers/scsi/53c7,8xx.scr
> > >linux/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm6,7.S
> > >linux/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm2,3.S
> > 
> > kbuild 2.5 can handle filenames with ',' in the name.  I do not believe
> > in restricting what users can do unless there is absolutely no
> > alternative.  In this case a smarter build system can handle special
> > filenames.
> 
> I've already fixed up the two ARM ones.  That leaves one problematic
> file - 53c7,8xx.c.
> 
> Is it really worth adding complexity to a build system to work around
> what is really a GCC bug for just one file?  I don't think so.

Are you sure that complexity was added just to handle commas in names?
Or is it really an example of how good design never gave this bug a
chance to exist in the first palce.

I *really* don't like the idea of papering over such bugs by curing the
symptoms, as you seem to be advocating.

-- 
Daniel