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From: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Force object directory use
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:37:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimubK4fX8Pf-8NbkkPbJ6M6YBi_TXBvwQ3hdfCs@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikG6irnzidq-UMFyqLTUoqPR8EUo-M=+soM4jhZ@mail.gmail.com>

On 16 November 2010 21:59, Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com> wrote:
> If the user attempts to run 'configure' in the source tree,
> create an object directory and configure that instead.
>
> Rename topmost Makefile to Makefile.top. Add a new Makefile, which
> is only used when user attempts to run 'make' in the source tree.

[Something seems to have line-wrapped this patch so it won't
apply (not just me, http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/71463/
has line-wrap damage too).]

Minor nit: I think the patch as it stands breaks the "Please
call configure before running make!" user-error guard, doesn't
it?

-- PMM

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-16 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-16 21:59 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Force object directory use Blue Swirl
2010-11-16 22:18 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-11-16 22:37 ` Peter Maydell [this message]
2010-11-17 19:08   ` Blue Swirl

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