Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild: correct variable definitions inmakefiles.txt

From: matt mooney
Date: Sat Oct 02 2010 - 00:16:30 EST


On 22:56 Fri 01 Oct , Michal Marek wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 04:19:04PM -0700, matt mooney wrote:
> > On 19:50 Wed 29 Sep , Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 05:03:29PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> > > > On 20.9.2010 08:33, matt mooney wrote:
> > > > > Change $(src) and $(obj) definitions to state the path as absolute and
> > > > > not relative.
> > > >
> > > > It _is_ a relative patch, AFAICS. What makes you think otherwise?
> > >
> > > With extenal modules $(src) and $(obj) are absolute - but in nomal
> > > use they are relative.
>
> Ah, I see. Then we should simply say "path", without any adjectives.

That may lead to people wondering what kind of path it is, or assumptions that
it is absolute due to being stated as such in modules.txt. Maybe a more detailed
explanation would suffice.

-mfm
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/