[PATCH] Kbuild: fix generating Config.in and Kbuild

[Bernhard Reutner-Fischer]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 05:53:16AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>On Thursday 27 May 2010 14:46, Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
>> This stuff is part of the make machinery, so implement it in make
>> proper.
>> Avoids spurious, slow re-generation of the generated Config.in and
>> Kbuild files.
>
>Well, our makefile machinery is complex and it tries so hard
>to not regenerate files that it itself is slow
>(but not too bad) and COMPLEX (which I personally
>see as a bigger problem wrt maintainability).
>
>The patch is perhaps conceptually right. But my tiny brain
>will have difficulty understanding and supporting
>all these horrible makefile constructs. Where "horrible"
>is not your fault, most makefiles end up looking like that.

Don't get me wrong, but if you want it simple, please revert
_generating_ Config.in and Kbuild.
If, OTOH, you want to generate them then _please_ let's do it right,
i.e. let's apply this patch.
>
>I propose keeping it as is for now.

Let's please do it right instead or revert back to static
Config.in/Kbuild.

TIA for your (re-)consideration and cheers,