Dne 2.9.2015 v 06:58 Riku Voipio napsal(a): > On 1 September 2015 at 17:31, Jim Davis <jim.epost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> - Replace symlink to self with tar --transform > >> While probably everyone -- or almost everyone -- uses gnu tar, that >> particular option isn't available in older versions of gnu tar >> (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.comp.os.linux/-7LDdMSRo5w). >> Perhaps something could be added to Documentation/Changes about the >> gnu tar version required? > > Looking at the changelog, this was added to tar 1.16 which was > released in 2006. Nine years sounds like a reasonable timeframe to > expect a feature being available? But it costs us only a this ln and rm invocation to continue supporting older GNU tar versions and non-GNU implementation. So I'd leave this part as is. The rest of the patch is OK. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
