[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/7] Introduce the _AVAILABLE mechanism

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 10/31/12 00:35, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>> >     There is still an alternative: patch Kconfig to "properly" handle
>> >  select/depend transitivity.  I.e., when a symbol selects another symbol,
>> >  this implies that all dependencies of the other symbol are inherited.  Did
>> >  anyone ever investigate the feasibility of such an feature?
> Yes. Both Thomas and I have had a look (but separately). I got an headache
> each time I tried to understand the kconfig code. IIRC, Thomas' experience
> was a bit in the same vein.
>
> My point of view is that we must consider (unless proven otherwise) that
> modifying kconfig to handle this select/depends mess is not possible.

  I completely agree.  But if it had been easy to do, it might have been
preferable over adding verbosity to Config.in.

  In that case, I guess I'll have to take the time to review those patches
before Saturday :-)

  Regards,
  Arnout
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