We dont need to pass down COMPATDIR and KERNDIR.

sys/compat/common/Makefile.inc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.6 1996/08/08 15:06:40 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.7 1996/08/08 15:15:16 mycroft Exp $
 #
 #	NOTE: $S must correspond to the top of the 'sys' tree
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ COMPATMAKE= \
 	cd ${COMPATDIR} && MAKEOBJDIR=${COMPATDST} ${MAKE} \
 	    CC='${CC}' CFLAGS='${CFLAGS}' \
 	    LD='${LD}' \
-	    COMPATCPPFLAGS='${CPPFLAGS}' \
-	    COMPATDIR='${COMPATDIR}'
+	    COMPATCPPFLAGS='${CPPFLAGS}'
 
 ${COMPATLIB}:		.NOTMAIN __always_make_compatlib
 	@echo making sure the compat library is up to date...

sys/lib/libkern/Makefile

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.28 1996/08/08 15:06:42 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.29 1996/08/08 15:15:18 mycroft Exp $
 
 LIB=	kern
 NOPIC=
 
-CPPFLAGS=	-I${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH} ${KERNCPPFLAGS}
+M=	${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}
 
-.if exists (${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}/Makefile.inc)
-.PATH:	${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}
-.include "${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}/Makefile.inc"
+CPPFLAGS=	-I$M ${KERNCPPFLAGS}
+
+.if exists ($M/Makefile.inc)
+.PATH:	$M
+.include "$M/Makefile.inc"
 .endif
 
 .if (${MACHINE_ARCH} != "alpha")

sys/lib/libkern/Makefile.inc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.16 1996/08/08 15:06:43 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.17 1996/08/08 15:15:19 mycroft Exp $
 #
 #	NOTE: $S must correspond to the top of the 'sys' tree
 
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ KERNMAKE= \
 	    AS='${AS}' AFLAGS='${AFLAGS}' \
 	    LD='${LD}' \
 	    MACHINE='${MACHINE}' MACHINE_ARCH='${MACHINE_ARCH}' \
-	    KERNCPPFLAGS='${CPPFLAGS}' \
-	    KERNDIR='${KERNDIR}'
+	    KERNCPPFLAGS='${CPPFLAGS}'
 
 ${KERNLIB}:		.NOTMAIN __always_make_kernlib
 	@echo making sure the kern library is up to date...