Re: [PATCH v2] Makefile: error out invoking strip target

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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Now that $INSTALL_STRIP variable can be defined since 3231f41009 (make:
> add INSTALL_STRIP option variable, 2021-09-05), it is redundant to have
> 'strip' target when $INSTALL_STRIP does the job. Error out when invoking
> the target so that users are forced to define the variable instead.

It is not exactly redundant for folks who like to build and use in
place without installing.

What is the reason why we might want to eventually remove the
"strip" target, making "make strip" an error?  I do not quite see
much downsides for having just a target with a simple one-liner
recipe.




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