[U-Boot] ORIGEN: fix needed for out-of-tree build
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Sep 12 09:25:26 CEST 2011
Dear Chander Kashyap,
In message <CANuQgHHfR95KrU_fQZbREyYU=jJtHhu5kO3G6C4kmP86S-bwqA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Please fix your Makefile for out-of-tree building.
> Angus Ainsle has submitted a patch to fix this.
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg60854.html
I see. Thanks.
> > Side-note: Why is this file called ".exe"? Is this some MSDOS
> > executable or what? Please consider also fixing the name.
> No this is not MSDOS executable. This exe name depends upon the board
> configured.
> ".exe" is given so that it can match the "*.exe" while cleaning. I can
> make extension to .out.
> Please suggest if any better option
In Unix, we do not use any "extensions" at all for binaries.
Can you please drop this ".exe" stuff, and submit this as V2 of the
above mentioned patch? Thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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