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To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
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Subject: Re: More on LINT Kernel Failure to compile
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> > Had I had to compile the LINT kernel, I know how to do it.  The problem is
> > that I assumed (hate that word :-) that the LINT kernel is sort of standard
> > sanity check for sources and is supposed to compile all by itself, without
> > me ``assisting'' it.
> 
> I thought that the LINT file was only intended to yield a maximal set of
> sources, suitable for linting, and could not compile, because many of the
> options chosen for lint would be mutually exclusive.  No one would ever,
> ever be intended to run a LINT kernel.

Close.  It's *supposed* to compile (and link) so you can see any errors
in the system, but it will never run.



Nate