This comment was added by commit ("kbuild: Restore build nr, improve vmlinux link") [1]. It was talking about if_changed_rule at that time. Now, it is unclear what to fix. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=ea52ca1b3e3882b499cc6c043f384958b88b62ff Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 9ff00bfe0575..ffd80afcd0bb 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1827,9 +1827,6 @@ tools/%: FORCE $(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/tools $(Q)$(MAKE) LDFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS="$(tools_silent) $(filter --j% -j,$(MAKEFLAGS))" O=$(abspath $(objtree)) subdir=tools -C $(srctree)/tools/ $* -# FIXME Should go into a make.lib or something -# =========================================================================== - quiet_cmd_rmdirs = $(if $(wildcard $(rm-dirs)),CLEAN $(wildcard $(rm-dirs))) cmd_rmdirs = rm -rf $(rm-dirs) -- 2.25.1