linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix a.out.h export to userspace with O= build.

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:57:12 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a.out.h export to userspace with O= build.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:39:42PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 16:12 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:06:24PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 16:02 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > Commit e53d6a152793a38aa334d6f7a4850642ae45cedc
> > > > (Export <linux/a.out.h> to userspace again.)
> > > > does not work properly when using O= :
> > > 
> > > Hm, I copied the logic from the existing condition in
> > > include/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm. Does that not work either?
> > 
> > It doesn't work:
> > 
> > linux-2.6.26-rc8$ make O=../out headers_install
> > ...
> > linux-2.6.26-rc8$ find ../out -name a.out.h
> 
> You're right; it doesn't work with O=, and hasn't since David Howells
> first added that conditional export in commit 7fa30315. This fixes it:
> 
> ---
> From: David Woodhouse <david.woodhouse@...el.com>
> Subject: Fix a.out.h export to userspace with O= build.

Hi David.

Will you carry this patch in your tree or do you
want me to add it to kbuild-next.git?

	Sam
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