* Sam Ravnborg <s...@ravnborg.org> wrote: > > > > No, the reason for the odd looking diff is that lots of lines in > > arch/x86/Makefile have 8-space tabs for histerical reasons but > > new code (such as this one) has proper tabs. > > Use of tabs for indent in a Makefile is just asking for > trouble.
Ok, I guess you are right - see the patch below which was another type of bug that could be introduced via not using spaces properly. We could do it the other way around: turn all tabs into spaces and add Makefile checking in kbuild so that the build fails if a tab is added to a Makefile? Alternatively, is there perhaps some way to teach make to not be so broken to depend on whitespace details that are *invisible* to humans? Thanks, Ingo Index: linux/arch/x86/Makefile =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86/Makefile +++ linux/arch/x86/Makefile @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI else - $(warning CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support) + $(warning CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support) endif endif export CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/