From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:39369 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753189AbZAGVQ2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:16:28 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:30:32 +0100 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] [3/3] KBUILD: Add a "bin" symlink for the scripts directory too Message-ID: <20090107213032.GM496@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20090103321.351399938@firstfloor.org> <20090103022143.6D0803E6650@basil.firstfloor.org> <20090107202712.GI4647@uranus.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090107202712.GI4647@uranus.ravnborg.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 09:27:12PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 03:21:43AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > Several of the scripts in "scripts" are useful to operate on > > files in a separate objdir. Instead of always manually typing > > the path to the source dir create a convenient symlink to > > the source dir's script directory in the objdir too. > > > > I named it bin because scripts was already used for the object > > files of scripts. > > So you suggest we in the O=... case should have > a bin symlink to save you typing "source/sc Yes. > > That does not justify another symlink in the output > directory. Why not? They don't cost anything, do they? And convenience matters. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com