From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: matt mooney Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:33:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild: correct variable definitions in makefiles.txt Message-Id: <1284964412-32211-1-git-send-email-mfm@muteddisk.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Michal Marek , Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Change $(src) and $(obj) definitions to state the path as absolute and not relative. Signed-off-by: matt mooney --- Hmm, this file is also _full_ of bad grammar and might be out of date FAIK. If you would like it updated/corrected, please let me know. I don't mind doing this, but only if it is beneficial and wanted. Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 11 +++++------ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index c787ae5..fe162f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -376,14 +376,13 @@ more details, with real examples. Two variables are used when defining special rules: $(src) - $(src) is a relative path which points to the directory - where the Makefile is located. Always use $(src) when - referring to files located in the src tree. + The absolute path to the directory where the makefile is + located. Always use $(src) when referring to files located + in the src directory. $(obj) - $(obj) is a relative path which points to the directory - where the target is saved. Always use $(obj) when - referring to generated files. + The absolute path to the directory where the target is saved. + Always use $(obj) when referring to generated files. Example: #drivers/scsi/Makefile -- 1.7.2.1