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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 14:13:25 -0400
From: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
To: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
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Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: Announce: Kernel Build for 2.5, release 3.0 is available
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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:25:20PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Keith Owens scripsit:
> > In order to do separate source and object correctly, kbuild 2.5
> > enforces the rule that #include "" comes from the local directory,
> > #include <> comes from the include path.  include/linux/zlib.h
> > incorrectly does #include "zconf.h" instead of #include <linux/zconf.h>,
> > breaking the rules.
> This is not the standard gcc behavior, however; quoted-includes
> can come from the include path, although the current directory
> is searched first.  The purpose of <>-includes is to suppress
> searching the current directory.

It raises the question 'who not always use #include "..."'?

In the case of a tool that generates dependencies for a source file,
the difference is sensibility.

In other cases, it is just common sense.

mark

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