Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> writes: > The post processed .config file will get included in shell > and makefiles. That depends on who you ask: a number of projects other than the Linux kernel use kconfig for configuration and some of them do neither of those. I also don't believe the Linux kernel sources .config in shell (but I may be wrong). > So make sure that a string does not contain > symbols that allow command substitution. > If such a malformed string is found, return empty string > and report it. So effectively it's now impossible to include ` or $ in kconfig string values. Seems like a major, backwards-incompatible restriction. I think if this is really desired, then it should be re-done with escaping (similar to ") rather than outright banning inconvenient characters.
