On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "David O'Brien" writes:
> : On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 01:31:28PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> : > : cd blah is currently
> : > : cd ../../compile/${KERNNAME}
> : > : it becomes
> : > : cd /usr/obj/`pwd`/${KERNNAME}
> : >
> : > My take on this is that it would make it slightly harder to develop
> : > kernel stuff in the tree. I don't like that prospect, and I think
> :
> : I agree that it is nicer to make the created headers, Makefile, etc. into
> : /sys/compile/ , BUT it would be better to put the .o's in /usr/obj/ to
> : seperate the generated binary from the [generated] source.
>
> Having the ability to do this is great (like I said for the typical
> buildworld case). Having the ability to turn it off is also desirable
> to aid in normal development. Even /usr/obj can be turned off for the
> normal case by setting MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to /bogus (assuming you have
> no /bogus). So too should any new feature like this be.
> config
> shouldn't be modified to put things in /usr/obj/`pwd`${KERNNAME}, but
> instead one should use the -d feature of config in the buildkernel
> target to put this into /usr/obj.
Or "config" could be rewritten to act like NORMAL unix tools and leave its
output in the directory where it is executed. IMHO, the "-d" is the backwards
way to do things. I objected when it was written, but the author insisted
that "compatability" was more important than correct design.
Write a new version under a different name and create a shell "wrapped" for
those who refuse progress.
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