Messages in this thread |  | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Generated files destruction | Date | Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:42:08 +1000 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209121551010.31494-100000@chaos.physics.uiowa.edu> y ou write: > On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > I would like to start migrating all build-generated files to > > names matching "generated*" or ".generated*", esp. those which look > > like source files. This is mainly for readability and for simplicity > > when diffing built kernel trees. I'll be encouraging various > > maintainers who generate (.c, .h and .s) files which are not meant to > > be shipped with the kernel source to migrate, in my copious free > > time... > > I think the proper solution here is actually separate obj/src dirs, > instead of special names. It's actually quite easy to get that implemented > in the current kbuild, I just didn't find the time for proper testing yet. > I'll have a patch ready for testing soon, though.
Sure, if it basically comes for free. Otherwise, I don't see any attraction in separating them: cp -al linux-2.5.34 working-2.5.34-foo takes a couple of seconds.
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