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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    make -C and ${.CURDIR}
From:       Jos Backus <jos () catnook ! com>
Date:       2002-12-28 23:53:16
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Consider:

    lizzy:/tmp% cat foo/Makefile 
    bar:
	    @echo curdir is ${.CURDIR}
    lizzy:/tmp% make -C foo bar
    curdir is /tmp
    lizzy:/tmp% 

Would it not make more sense for .CURDIR to be set to /tmp/foo? As it stands,

    /tmp# make -C /usr/src world

fails because of this.

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