Subject: Re: object trees (Re: Problem with make DESTDIR=...)
To: Christian Kuhtz <ckuhtz@paranet.com>
From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 01/09/1997 19:17:46
On Wed, 8 Jan 97 15:56:55 -0700  Christian Kuhtz wrote:

> I would rather have something more like /usr/obj/arch.release.suffix

Nah, don't dictate policy.  Just use BSDSRCDIR to find the source and
BSDOBJDIR to find the obj directory tree, and leave it at that. (*)

The naming scheme proposed is OK, it just shouldn't be mandatory.

Giles

(*) A warning might be generated if 'linux' is in the path. :-)