On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:17:25PM -0400, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> I suspect this would have done the job: > >> > >> $(obj)/font.o: $(srctree)/drivers/video/console/font_acorn_8x8.c > >> $(cmd,cc_o_c)' > > > > I prefer using $(call,shipped) and let kbuild figure out how > > build an .o file from a .c file. > > > > In other words - avoiding use of the internal to Makefile.build > > variables in various places. > > > indeed, but I'd argue that 1) this would not be the first Makefile > using these internal macros (alpha and ia64 are using such construct > for aliasing) and 2) the `cmd_shipped' stuff is as internal than other > functions :-) A quick grep in Documentation/kbuild will show that only the shipped variant is documented. We could implement a general copy command - this is needed in some places like this. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
