Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:19:33 +0100 | | From | lars brinkhoff <> | | Subject | Re: RFC: $(ARCH) in file |
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"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > > In <85g0vii63p.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> lars brinkhoff (lars@nocrew.org) wrote: > > > Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com> writes: > > >> On 28 Jan 2000, lars brinkhoff wrote: > > >> > Why do I want this? Because I often build for an architecture which is > > >> > not the native one. Saving the architecture in .arch is more convenient > > >> > then typing "make ARCH=foo". > > >> How tough is it to edit the makefile? :) > > > Not tough, but I think it's easier for people to type > > > echo FOO >.arch > > > than to mess with the Makefile. > > It's usually MUCH better to mess with the Makefile then to add kludges in > > mainstream kernel. I think probability of acception is zero. > Actually, this seems like a reasonable hack to me. However, why hide > the file?
I did that in analogy with the .config file. Anyway, I think Gert-jan Los' hack to put the information in .config is even better.
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