Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 13:12:17 -0700 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Arch" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org, "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> Subject: Re: [RFC] adding a variable to .mk and Makefile.inc1 to point to top of the FreeBSD source tree Message-ID: <51896021.6010900@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wS21otQr1fBqQ2z=XQjUV30QUjdtyAkzC_Tf1Ts%2BPq%2B8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGH67wS21otQr1fBqQ2z=XQjUV30QUjdtyAkzC_Tf1Ts%2BPq%2B8g@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/07/13 13:05, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Hi, A common pattern that I've seen at Isilon and something else > that I've wanted to have for a while is the ability to designate > where the top of a source tree was. This is important and helpful > when dealing with source files that build upon each other or depend > on sources located in other sections of the tree; contrib stuff > needs to set .PATH appropriately to point to sources at the top of > the tree, sys stuff is riddled with S= in order to point to where > /sys, etc lives, we build upon FreeBSD within an expected directory > structure as well. I haven't come up with a name, but was wondering > if this was a good idea, and if so does anyone have any outstanding > patches for this that can be pushed into FreeBSD? Is there anything wrong with the current '../../' approach? Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJRiWAhAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzEJcH/2t8EwktBcuka5r2guXD8ft5 ZFFRH/9/12cxU6L17WRgugL8NPfw37c5qszkIXVqW+WK8ojn/o50Oe4qG48cAbdY rUPQJ3jTxpssm7SRHECu+6z/p5wbNV1xW5Vr1KXn2VYJUQ6BGgfg1NzZAibu0Zp7 gcRxiHAyBI+7CaRDrx91XCf+0AdUYnol3BLrHauSRX/m6ZeSh5NIc3z+aFnIG4Jt Qv25ekPBFtXG/zjzY8x8kIYD/lyMxmXSyW2+OoNMbYEH6JQY/D/dvtm41dbDVw2J 0ZfhQETqogpYybrc/4iro99w4gIfoUpYVf4LE65Q3ZhQmaE+suSPr1C5tdc2tF4= =Q5Hr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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