Hello. Commit d1fe9c09 "checkpatch: add some --strict coding style checks" introduced dependency on perl >= 5.10.0 .
While the comment says that "Any use must be runtime checked with $^V", it is not runtime checked when running with perl == v5.8.4 , failing with Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(\((?:[^\(\)]++ <-- HERE |(?-1))*\))/ at ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 340. error. -- 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/