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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 6 months ago by AnActOfCreation to c/[email protected]

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Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can't handle them.
Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn't be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

what a mad lad!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am no kernel or parsing expert here but how hard would it be to convert tabs to spaces? Is it like very finicky and is weirdly platform dependent that it wouldn't just be one of the first things that you do if you are writing a parser for anything?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

grep -oP ' *' oops no tabs

cut -d ' ' -f 3 oops no tabs

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