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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 08:58:38 +0200
Subject: [Buildroot] using LINUX_DIR variable in BR
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Hello,

On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:13:10 +0530, ravi chandran wrote:

>      I am trying to include the path of the linux kernel(source located in
> output/build/linux) in one of the makefile which is located outside the
> linux directory.
> 
> KERNEL_DIR := $(LINUX_DIR).

Use the = operator and not the := operator.

See
https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/make-3.79.1/html_chapter/make_6.html#SEC59.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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