From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:58158 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751762AbZAGVe5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:34:57 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:36:36 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: [PATCH] [3/3] KBUILD: Add a "bin" symlink for the scripts directory too Message-ID: <20090107213636.GA9273@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20090103321.351399938@firstfloor.org> <20090103022143.6D0803E6650@basil.firstfloor.org> <20090107202712.GI4647@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20090107213032.GM496@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090107213032.GM496@one.firstfloor.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 10:30:32PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > 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. Different people have different needs. The next guys needs Arch to point at source/arch/$ARCH and so on. If it is convinient for your workflow I suggest you to create it yourself. Doing stuff like this as part of the build is simply the wrong place to do it. Sam