On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> commit 7373f4f (kbuild: add implicit rules for parser generation) > >> >> created a implicit rule chain (%.c: %.c_shipped: %.y). This causes make to delete the _shipped files > >> >> because it considers them intermediate files. Mark the _shipped files PRECIOUS > >> >> to prevent make from deleting them. > >> >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > What make are you using, and what command triggers the issue ? > >> > > >> > Those rules should only be visible on parser regeneration (ie. > >> > REGENERATE_PARSERS defined). make 3.82 does not seem to trigger the > >> > issue: > >> > > >> > % make -v > >> > GNU Make 3.82 > >> > > >> > % make REGENERATE_PARSERS=y defconfig > >> > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > >> > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o > >> > SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c > >> > SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c > >> > SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c > >> > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o > >> > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf > >> > *** Default configuration is based on 'x86_64_defconfig' > >> > [...] > >> > > >> > The shipped file are still there: > >> > > >> > % ls scripts/kconfig/*_shipped > >> > scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c_shipped > >> > scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c_shipped > >> > scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c_shipped > >> > > >> a bare make-3.81 from ftp.gnu.org built on a Fedora 14 behave the same. > >> > >> I definitively needs enlightenment on this one :) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> - Arnaud > > > > The problem only appears when the parsers are actually rebuilt. > > rm scripts/kconfig/*_shipped > ^^^^^ > > This is why. You do not (or at least no longer) need to remove the > *_shipped files before regenerating them. > > - Arnaud Ok, I deleted the _shipped files as a easy way to force regeneration but touching the source files works just as well. Please disregard this patch. Thanks, Peter
