Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:11:48 +0100 (MET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] out-of-tree builds |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 01:58:36PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Although I like the feature to build a kernel in a different directory a lot, I > > don't like its syntax. I prefer to just have a build directory where I can run > > `make whatever'. > > > > The following patch adds a configure script to the kernel. If you run > > > > /path/to/kernel/source/tree/configure > > > > it will create a Makefile in the current directory, after which you can just do > > `make whatever', just like in the source directory. > > > > The configure script contains a simple protection for when run in the source > > directory, but this may be approved (I'm not a configure script guru). > > > > Comments? > > I like the general idea. > I'm in doubt that configure is the best name, because no actual > configuration takes place.
I know. But I make it that way because that's how people are used to configure for out-of-tree builds with autoconf.
> But I want to finish the external modules stuff before introducing > more features. So it will wait until then.
Let's see what other people think ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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