On 11/17/2010 04:39 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 11/17/2010 09:08 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
It's not simplification but to unify the build system. Some people
make changes to Makefiles and then test their changes without an
object directory, these may then break the build for those who use it.
This has happened several times already. Hopefully we can avoid those
breakages with this change.
It happens very rarely, and the last time it was because the wrong
patch was committed IIUC. It may be unified but it's pretty much
unlike every other build system I've ever seen.
It's not that atypical.
Keep in mind, we already create per-target build directories and use
them. Building the rest of the objects in a different directory isn't
really all that bizarre.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
Paolo
