netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 3/3] Makefile: support building from subdirectories

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Message-ID: <20240703081648.3109da55@hermes.local>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 08:16:48 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Tony Nguyen
 <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Lukasz Czapnik <lukasz.czapnik@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 3/3] Makefile: support building from
 subdirectories

On Wed,  3 Jul 2024 15:15:21 +0200
Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com> wrote:

> Support building also from subdirectories, like: `make -C devlink` or
> `cd devlink; make`.
> 
> Extract common defines and include flags to a new file (common.mk) which
> will be included from subdir makefiles via the generated config.mk file.
> 
> Note that the current, toplevel-issued, `make` still works as before.
> Note that `./configure && make` is still required once after the fresh
> checkout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>

Not sure if this really needed, it impacts more than devlink.