From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52512 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PIqfV-0007z4-GS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:39:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PIqfU-0002JS-HX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:39:57 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f45.google.com ([209.85.214.45]:41509) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PIqfU-0002JM-BS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:39:56 -0500 Received: by bwz16 with SMTP id 16so2227149bwz.4 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:39:55 -0800 (PST) Sender: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <4CE459B8.7050204@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:39:52 +0100 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4CE4347B.9080206@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2] Force object directory use List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Blue Swirl Cc: qemu-devel On 11/17/2010 09:08 PM, Blue Swirl wrote: > It's not simplification but to unify the build system. Some people > make changes to Makefiles and then test their changes without an > object directory, these may then break the build for those who use it. > This has happened several times already. Hopefully we can avoid those > breakages with this change. It happens very rarely, and the last time it was because the wrong patch was committed IIUC. It may be unified but it's pretty much unlike every other build system I've ever seen. Paolo