Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 4/4] tools/build: change order of config/Tools.mk inclusion

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Jackson wrote:
> Roger Pau Monne writes ("Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] tools/build: change order of 
> config/Tools.mk inclusion"):
> > Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Also PREFIX is set in StdGNU.mk.  Why is it also set in Tools.mk ?
> > Configure scripts have a very common option, --prefix, which is saved
> > into Tools.mk as PREFIX, this is what should be used as prefix for
> > installation.
> I know that.  But given that the configure is just for the tools
> build, should we honour PREFIX from Config.mk (and ./.config or
> command line arguments) or from ./configure ?
I think the one from configure, since we have a configure script, better 
make use of it, that is what users expect. I will resend this patch with 
the above changes to config/Linux.mk, is that ok?
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