Re: PATCH 2.4.4.3: 3rdparty driver support for kbuild
Jonathan Lundell (jlundell@pobox.com)
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:47:20 -0700
At 9:10 AM +1000 4/24/01, Keith Owens wrote:
> >I don't see how multiple source trees can be merged automatically with
>>100% accuracy.
>
>I agree, multiple source trees only work 100% for non-overlapping code.
>It does not matter how you implement separate source, the moment it
>overlaps you need human intervention. That is true for my makefile-2.5
>as well as your Perl method.
Where "non-overlapping" needs to be construed broadly to include "not logically conflicting", and not merely as overlapping diffs.
--
/Jonathan Lundell.
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