---
title: "Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/linus-torvalds-injects-tabs-to-thwart-kconfig-parsers-not-correctly-handling-them-idbgxqnhp
source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kconfig-Tabs
type: article
source: "Phoronix"
published: 2024-04-15T15:45:16.880Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["linux", "unix"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them

**[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Linus Torvalds injects tabs into Kconfig files to address issues with parsers not correctly handling them.

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