From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:59388 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752847AbYLTW3b (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:29:31 -0500 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 Message-ID: <20081220223102.GA3390@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20081220142518.GA19390@uranus.ravnborg.org> <1229783497-19550-26-git-send-email-sam@ravnborg.org> <20081220163423.GR25779@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081220163423.GR25779@one.firstfloor.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Andi Kleen Cc: kbuild , lkml 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