linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 26/26] kbuild: support switching source directories with O=.. builds

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Message-ID: <20081220163423.GR25779@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:34:23 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/26] kbuild: support switching source directories with O=.. builds

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 03:31:37PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> It was not possible to use the same output directory
> for two different source repositories becuase the asm
> symlink in include2/asm would point to the first repository.
> 
> We now create the symlink each time thus allowing switch
> between different source repositories.
> 
> This feature was requested by Andi Kleen.

Thanks. But it's not really a new feature, this used to work and just
broke at some point. I would consider it a regression fix.

-Andi

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