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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 21:14:09 -0700 From: matt mooney <mfm@...eddisk.com> To: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/kbuild: correct variable definitions in makefiles.txt On 22:56 Fri 01 Oct , Michal Marek wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 04:19:04PM -0700, matt mooney wrote: > > On 19:50 Wed 29 Sep , Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 05:03:29PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > > > > On 20.9.2010 08:33, matt mooney wrote: > > > > > Change $(src) and $(obj) definitions to state the path as absolute and > > > > > not relative. > > > > > > > > It _is_ a relative patch, AFAICS. What makes you think otherwise? > > > > > > With extenal modules $(src) and $(obj) are absolute - but in nomal > > > use they are relative. > > Ah, I see. Then we should simply say "path", without any adjectives. That may lead to people wondering what kind of path it is, or assumptions that it is absolute due to being stated as such in modules.txt. Maybe a more detailed explanation would suffice. -mfm -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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