Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:31:02 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 26/26] kbuild: support switching source directories with O=.. builds |
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 05:34:23PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 03:31:37PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > It was not possible to use the same output directory > > for two different source repositories becuase the asm > > symlink in include2/asm would point to the first repository. > > > > We now create the symlink each time thus allowing switch > > between different source repositories. > > > > This feature was requested by Andi Kleen. > > Thanks. But it's not really a new feature, this used to work and just > broke at some point. I would consider it a regression fix.
I will reword if I need to rebase anyway.
But that said it has never been a planned feature and with a single report of broken behaviour so far it is not widely used. In other words not stable material etc.
Sam
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