It is not a good idea to describe %.xml: %.tmpl FORCE ... and $(BOOKS): $(KERNELDOC) separately. This cannot detect missing template files. For example, add something to DOCBOOKS variable: DOCBOOKS += foobar.xml and run make xmldocs It will succeed even if Documention/DocBook/foobar.tmpl does not exist. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 237f6dc..824d26a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -87,13 +87,9 @@ define rule_docproc ) > $(dir $@).$(notdir $@).cmd endef -%.xml: %.tmpl FORCE +%.xml: %.tmpl $(KERNELDOC) $(DOCPROC) FORCE $(call if_changed_rule,docproc) -### -# Changes in kernel-doc force a rebuild of all documentation -$(BOOKS): $(KERNELDOC) - # Tell kbuild to always build the programs always := $(hostprogs-y) -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html