Re: [PATCH] [3/3] KBUILD: Add a "bin" symlink for the scripts directory too

Andi Kleen
2009-01-07T21:16:28Z

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<tab>

Yes.

>
> That does not justify another symlink in the output
> directory.

Why not? They don't cost anything, do they? And
convenience matters.

-Andi

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