On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 02:33:22PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > Dne 18.6.2014 14:20, J. Bruce Fields napsal(a): > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:06:12AM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > >> Dne 18.6.2014 00:38, J. Bruce Fields napsal(a): > >>> The changelog there says > >>> > >>> The main Makefile sets its working directory to the object tree > >>> and never changes it again. Therefore, we can use '.' instead of > >>> the absolute path. > >>> > >>> But the main Makefile also exports objtree, and a quick grep suggests > >>> lots of other uses outside the main Makefile. > >> > >> Do you have examples? Besides your report, I'm only aware of make > >> deb-pkg and make *docs. What else? > > > > I haven't looked. > > > > I only note that grep finds 47 files referencing that variable, and > > absent some argument that the remaining ones are correct, I'd be > > inclined to revert. > > Do these 47 files change the working directory before referencing the > variable? Sorry, I'm not volunteering to check. Note also that other variables are defined in terms of objtree, and they may be exported or passed to other scripts. --b. -- 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
