Re: [WIP PATCH 00/30] Adding trailing slash to $(*tree)

From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
To: Elliott Mitchell <ehem+linux@m5p.com>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
	nathan@kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [WIP PATCH 00/30] Adding trailing slash to $(*tree)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:22:46 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNARMQKrXr=UScvUwNFNEN0gEKcrqriXB5AxfEc6gWbGeFw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ze+ensR/W0aesLPN@mattapan.m5p.com>

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:16 AM Elliott Mitchell <ehem+linux@m5p.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 10:07:14PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 9:10 AM Elliott Mitchell <ehem+linux@m5p.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 12:20:17AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > >
> > > > I see no good reason to do this change.
> > > >
> > > > I will not take this series.
> > >
> > > Could I get you to provide further detail as to why you consider my
> > > reasons inadaquate?
> > >
> > > The distribution is well-known.  I believe in-tree and out-of-tree build
> > > mechanisms being as possible to each other is a Good Thing.
> > >
> > > I guess I should also note, in the past (890676c65d699, 9da0763bdd825,
> > > likely others) nicer build output has been sufficient justification for
> > > changes.  An effect of the series is a leading "./" will disappear from
> > > many files in full build output.  As such this also matches that reason.
> >
> > It is ideal to in-tree and out-of-tree build mechanisms
> > look symmetrical (and perhaps could be achieved in a
> > different way), but your approach is not the direction
> > I want to go.
>
> I'm glad we're in agreement with the former.  Do you have any guesses
> for when your approach to this will be visible?

No.

This is not important.
There is no need to rush.

> I suspect most approaches will eventually run into an issue with the
> current interpretation of $(srctree)/$(objtree).  Unless you can ensure
> $(src)/$(obj) will never end up with absolute paths.
>
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Masahiro Yamada