> While I realize it may be a bit of a pain, I'd appreciate it if you
> can make "obj" and "obj.MACHINE" work again.  I use them in
> non-NetBSD programs that still use bsd.*.mk files.

Can't you get that effect with something like MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=./ in
the environment?  I'd certainly prefer that people who want make to
chdir around behind their back have to ask for it explicitly; see my PR
23821, which Luke closed when ie fixed this, which outlined a case
where it bit me rather badly.  (I've been tempted to reopen the PR so
it doesn't get forgotten, now that Luke's backed out the commit, but
haven't bothered yet.)

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