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Re: [PATCH] x86emul/test: drop bogus .PHONY
- To: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:16:43 +0200
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On 05.04.2023 17:48, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 08:37:55AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> x86_emulate is a real (directory) target.
>
> Indeed, x86_emulate is a directory, so having the target in .PHONY
> isn't bogus, but kind of expected in most cases.
>
> Here, the recipe is written with .PHONY been used, as suggest the used
> option "-p" from `mkdir` and "-f" from `ln`.
>
> Without .PHONY, the recipe will never be executed if the directory
> exist. And, if the content of the original x86_emulate directory
> change, the linked directory will never be updated.
>
> So, this patch description needs a reason for removing x86_emulate from
> .PHONY. Is there some kind of bug?
Yes, but it was my brain that was buggy. I deliberately added that
line long ago when converting the symlink to a real dir, and then for
whatever reason thought recently that it was bogus. Right you are,
and I'll revert this change.
Jan
>> --- a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile
>> @@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ else
>> run32 clean32: %32: %
>> endif
>>
>> -.PHONY: x86_emulate
>> x86_emulate:
>> mkdir -p $@
>> ln -sf $(XEN_ROOT)/xen/arch/x86/$@/*.[ch] $@/
>
> Cheers,
>
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