Re: [kbuild-devel] [patch] kbuild: remember ARCH in the object directory

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 22:12:54 EST


Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>
> If we go the "save important parts of the config" I prefer
> something along the suggestion by hpa with a config file.
> The config file should though be named along the lines
> of Kbuild.config and the syntax should be future proof.
> I like the syntax of the .git/config file and
> it should be along these lines.
>

It's actually derived from the Windows 3.x config file. I think it's
massive overkill for this purpose; since the variables can be set on the
command line we're not dealing with multiple namespaces, and it would be
better to have a make-like syntax.

-hpa
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