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Re: [PATCH] uml: remove elf.h

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 17, 2005, 21:42 UTC
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On Tue, 17 May 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> And I bet that when Linus releases patch-2.6.12-rc5.gz and patch-2.6.12.gz,
> they will have the same construct.  AFAICT, the patch-based people will
> need to download a full new tarball to get rid of this dang file.
Or just run "make distclean" once.
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> It all wouldn't really matter much, except apparently the mere presence of
> this file breaks the UML build.
> 
> Frazzle.  Paolo, I'm almost wondering if we should change that test to also
> check for a zero-length file.

How many people are affected? The file _is_ gone in the git archives, and in fact I wonder if it was ever there, but I didn't bother to check.

		Linus
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  1. Andrew MortonMay 17, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisMay 17, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2005
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