linux-kernel - Re: relative objtree change broke tar builds?

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:33:22 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
CC:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: relative objtree change broke tar builds?

Dne 18.6.2014 14:20, J. Bruce Fields napsal(a):
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:06:12AM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
>> Dne 18.6.2014 00:38, J. Bruce Fields napsal(a):
>>> The changelog there says
>>>
>>> 	The main Makefile sets its working directory to the object tree
>>> 	and never changes it again. Therefore, we can use '.' instead of
>>> 	the absolute path.
>>>
>>> But the main Makefile also exports objtree, and a quick grep suggests
>>> lots of other uses outside the main Makefile.
>>
>> Do you have examples? Besides your report, I'm only aware of make
>> deb-pkg and make *docs. What else?
> 
> I haven't looked.
> 
> I only note that grep finds 47 files referencing that variable, and
> absent some argument that the remaining ones are correct, I'd be
> inclined to revert.

Do these 47 files change the working directory before referencing the
variable?

Thanks,
Michal

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