Subject: Re: Removing USR_OBJMACHINE
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
From: Jim Wise <jimw@numenor.turner.com>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 06/01/1997 21:13:34
On Sat, 31 May 1997, Curt Sampson wrote:

> USR_OBJMACHINE is used only if you build with BSDOBJDIR. It
> determines whether your directory names look like this:
> 
> 	/usr/obj/bin/cat.i386		(with it unset)
> 
> or like this:
> 
> 	/usr/obj.i386/bin/cat		(with it set).
> 
> I propose that we use the latter format exclusively. 

If we are going to fix this, why not go one step further, and use

	/usr/obj/i386

by analogy with

	/usr/src/sys/arch/i386
	/usr/share/man/cat8/i386
	/usr/src/distrib/i386
	/usr/src/lib/libc/arch/i386

and others...

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				Jim Wise
				jim.wise@turner.com