Subject: Re: make obj
To: Mike Pumford <mpumford@mpc-data.co.uk>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/02/1998 11:38:16
Mike Pumford wrote:
> 
> Patrick Welche wrote:
> > 
> > Is anyone else finding that the obj directories are being ignored?
> > 
> What obj directories. Are you trying to redirect where the .o files are put as
> part of a build or the actual binaries. The destination of the binaries is
> controlled by DESTDIR which I know works okay as I used it at the weekend to
> build current and upgrade. I can't comment on how to change where .o files are
> put as I did not attempt it. I do seem to recall reading about how to do it in
> the make documentation. This of course doesn't mean it actually works.

Well, without trying to do anything fancy, in /usr/src I did a
make cleandir && make obj && make build
I didn't think I had to do anything else for the obj directories to
get used - and they really are all empty, not just some of them.

Cheers,

Patrick