From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 5 18:47:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA11083 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:47:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11077 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:47:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id DAA07592; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 03:47:03 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id DAA09638; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 03:47:02 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981206034702.F8663@follo.net> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 03:47:02 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Archie Cobbs Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sys/compile directories... References: <19981206033108.E8663@follo.net> <199812060235.SAA02099@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199812060235.SAA02099@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 06:35:42PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 06:35:42PM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Eivind Eklund writes: > > > What about this idea.. "config -d directory ..." where you specify > > > the directory you want to compile in. config(8) automatically > > > adjusts all the filenames, etc. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~eivind/config-objdir-patch2 > > I think for maximum flexibility you'd perhaps need a "-p path" > (default: "../..") for specifying the pathname to the top of the > /sys directory, since config builds the Makefile. Then you'll need to modify Makefile.i386 and Makefile.alpha to not set S, too. Would probably be a good change. Unfortunately, I don't know where my patches to handle all of this went - I'll try to see if the guy I made 'em for still have 'em. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message