Hi,
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > select seriously screws with the dependencies, it's especially problematic
> > if the selected symbol has other dependencies as HDLC in this case, it makes
> > it only more complicated to get the dependencies correct again.
> > Please use it only if it solves a real problem.
>
> What he's doing is the standard way to deal with library-style code. Nothing
> wrong with the patch, it's continuing established methods.
select was never meant as autoconfiguration tool. It can't be said often
enough: select seriously screws with the dependencies, _please_ don't use
it as a simple depends replacement.
HDLC doesn't really look like simple library code, what's up with all the
HDLC_* options?
bye, Roman
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