Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:26:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: different E-problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808311525220.3292-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199808311242.WAA20332@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, John Birrell wrote:
> The object directory gets set to ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/${OBJFORMAT} in
> Makefile.inc0. The upgrade sets ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/aout or
> ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}/elf explicitly depending on which bit it is doing.
>
> It is the OBJLINK that shouldn't be used. It writes in the source
> directory.
So there is no way to get the obj softlinks? I liked them for
troubleshooting. That was the only thing I wanted extra in my source
tree, but I did want them ... they're obsolete?
>
> If you use make world or make buildworld, the object directories
> will be created for you based on your preferred MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX.
> However, you should be warned that MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX only works
> properly if set in the environment, not in /etc/make.conf. There
> are existing comments in bsd.obj.mk to this effect.
>
> The problem with putting things in /etc/make.conf is that you are
> overriding things that the build procedure has set for good reason.
> Since the settings in /etc/make.conf are absolute ( = , not ?= ),
> and /etc/make.conf is included near the bottom of sys.mk, they
> always win. 8-(
>
> --
> John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
> CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137
>
>
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