Before this patch, using 'make --always-make' would always result in the error message about the missing .config being displayed. Detect the -B/--always-make flag and leave this rule out, which allows the rest of the build to proceed. See [1] for an explanation of this particular construction. [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Testing-Flags Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 44c02a6f60a14..f09c036daf2f5 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -757,6 +757,10 @@ ifdef may-sync-config # because some architectures define CROSS_COMPILE there. include include/config/auto.conf.cmd +ifeq (,$(findstring B,$(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS)))) +# This is a dummy target, only meant as a help for the user invoking make. +# We don't want it to take effect when running 'make --always-make', since +# that renders the --always-make option effectively useless. $(KCONFIG_CONFIG): @echo >&2 '***' @echo >&2 '*** Configuration file "$@" not found!' @@ -765,6 +769,7 @@ $(KCONFIG_CONFIG): @echo >&2 '*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").' @echo >&2 '***' @/bin/false +endif # The actual configuration files used during the build are stored in # include/generated/ and include/config/. Update them if .config is newer than -- 2.34.1
