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Brett Gilio <brettg@posteo.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:
>
>> If anything, what should be improved IMO is the error message you get
>> when specifying a module that is unavailable.  That=E2=80=99s not easily=
 done
>> though since that happens at build time.
>
> I think Ludo is correct in this, an error message seems to be the only
> option we have to ensure that maintainability and reproducibility are
> respected. To add onto that, I was thinking that maybe it could be part
> of the configuration process that we could modify to ensure that all of
> the specified modules that are needed are available else it throws an
> error?

That already happens, but the check cannot be 100% accurate because it
relies on information from the currently running kernel, which is why
there=E2=80=99s the =E2=80=98--skip-checks=E2=80=99 option.

Ludo=E2=80=99.