Re: [RFC PATCH 06/11] kbuild: set $dry_run when running in --dry-run mode

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 06:03:03PM +0200 Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Add a convenience variable that allows us to use 'ifdef dry_run...endif'
> in Makefiles or '[ -v dry_run ]' in shell scripts to test whether make
> was invoked with '-n'.
> 
> 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 58f3843ccfac6..953951157ec92 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ $(if $(filter __%, $(MAKECMDGOALS)), \
>  PHONY := __all
>  __all:
>  
> +# Was make invoked with --dry-run/-n? Record this in a convenience variable.
> +ifeq (n,$(findstring n,$(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS))))
> +export dry_run := 1
> +endif

As in patch 1: 
As we still also support make v3.80 to v4.0, please use $(short-opts)
defined around line 27.

> +
>  # We are using a recursive build, so we need to do a little thinking
>  # to get the ordering right.
>  #
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

I will have a look at the remaining patches within a few days.

Thanks and kind regards,
Nicolas





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