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Re: [XEN PATCH v6 15/31] build: move make option changes check earlier


  • To: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:42:02 +0200
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On 12.07.2021 18:21, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 05:40:02PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 01.07.2021 16:09, Anthony PERARD wrote:
>>> And thus avoiding checking for those variable over and over again.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> in its present shape since all you do is move existing logic. But I
>> wonder if I could talk you into ...
>>
>>> +ifneq ($(origin verbose),undefined)
>>> +$(error "You must use 'make menuconfig' to enable/disable verbose now.")
>>> +endif
>>
>> ... doing away with the misleading mentioning of just "menuconfig" here.
>> There are various other *config targets, many of which are also suitable
>> for the purpose. Personally I've used menuconfig (in Linux) the last
>> time perhaps 15 years ago, and hence I have almost forgotten about its
>> existence. IOW at the very least I'd see us insert "e.g." everywhere.
> 
> Hopefully, no one ever hits those error anymore, it's been 5 years it
> seems since the changes has been made.
> 
> But I can write instead:
>     "You must use e.g. 'make menuconfig' to enable/disable verbose now."
> or maybe:
>     "You must use Kconfig with e.g. 'make menuconfig' to enable/disable 
> verbose now."
>     ?

Either would be fine with me, with a slight preference to the shorter
form.

Jan




 


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