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From: Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
	Matt Brown <matthew.brown.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:44:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0c20be6e-87f2-b9dc-4c9a-85680ba10417@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220126114144.370517-1-pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>

On 26/01/2022 11:41, Paul Menzel wrote:
> So, do the same as commit 9564a8cf422d (Kbuild: fix # escaping in .cmd
> files for future Make) and commit 929bef467771 (bpf: Use $(pound) instead
> of \# in Makefiles) and define and use a `$(pound)` variable.

Ouch!

In the English (as opposed to American) speaking world this will be very 
confusing! The pound sign is £ not #.

If this is not dictated by some sort of upstream PLEASE can we make it 
$(hash) not $(pound)

Cheers,
Wol

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From: Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	Matt Brown <matthew.brown.dev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:44:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0c20be6e-87f2-b9dc-4c9a-85680ba10417@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220126114144.370517-1-pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>

On 26/01/2022 11:41, Paul Menzel wrote:
> So, do the same as commit 9564a8cf422d (Kbuild: fix # escaping in .cmd
> files for future Make) and commit 929bef467771 (bpf: Use $(pound) instead
> of \# in Makefiles) and define and use a `$(pound)` variable.

Ouch!

In the English (as opposed to American) speaking world this will be very 
confusing! The pound sign is £ not #.

If this is not dictated by some sort of upstream PLEASE can we make it 
$(hash) not $(pound)

Cheers,
Wol

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-08 18:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-26 11:41 [PATCH 1/3] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3 Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 11:41 ` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 11:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] lib/raid6: Include <asm/ppc-opcode.h> for `VPERMXOR` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 11:41   ` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 11:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] lib/raid6/test: Rename variable to avoid `raid6_call` name clash Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 11:41   ` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 12:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3 David Laight
2022-01-26 12:06   ` David Laight
2022-01-26 12:12   ` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 12:12     ` Paul Menzel
2022-01-26 19:29     ` Tim Small
2022-01-26 19:29       ` Tim Small
2022-01-26 14:38   ` a pound's a pound the whole world 'round (was "Re: [PATCH 1/3] ... Use `$(pound)` instead ...") David T-G
2022-02-08  6:43 ` [PATCH 1/3] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3 Song Liu
2022-02-08  6:43   ` Song Liu
2022-02-08 18:44 ` Wols Lists [this message]
2022-02-08 18:44   ` Wols Lists

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