Re: Where does the kernel get built?

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, D'Arcy Cain wrote:
> > set either MAKEOBJDIR or MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX in the environment 
> > [...]
> Better yet, why can't we make it work from mk.conf?  It seems 
> like a wart that every option can be controlled there except 
> this one.

.OBJDIR handling is one of the wartiest parts of make.  By the 
time mk.conf is parsed, make has already decided which .OBJDIR to 
use.

--apb (Alan Barrett)