Re: [PATCH] Update fs Makefiles

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Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 08:51:09PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
>
>>Convert foo-objs to newer-style foo-y.
>
>
> The paths looks correct.
> But do we really want to go that far, and deprecate the -objs syntax?
>
>
>>-adfs-objs := dir.o dir_f.o dir_fplus.o file.o inode.o map.o super.o
>>+adfs-y := dir.o dir_f.o dir_fplus.o file.o inode.o map.o super.o
>
>
> The patch contains a lot of changes like the above - and they
> are only relevant if we deprecate the -objs syntax.
>
> Opinions anyone?
>
> Sam
>

Why have two methods of doing the same thing? foo-y is clearly the
preferred method because it is easy to work with conditionals.

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