Re: [PATCH V2] xfsdump: don't try to generate .ltdep in inventory/

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 04:32:07PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> .ltdep gets generated from CFILES, and there are none in inventory/
> so trying to generate it in that dir leads to a non-fatal error when
> the include invokes the rule to build the .ltdep file:
> 
> Building inventory
>     [LTDEP]
> gcc: fatal error: no input files
> compilation terminated.
> 
> inventory/ - like common/ - has files that get linked into other dirs,
> and .ltdep is generated in those other dirs, not in inventory/.
> 
> So, simply remove the .ltdep include/generation from the inventory/
> dir, because there is no reason or ability to generate the file here.
> 
> Reported-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>

/me has long wondered why the source files in inventory and common are
built separately for dump and restore instead of being dumped into a
shared .a file and linked from both tools.  There's probably some
reason, though whether or not I really want to go digging into Yet
Another Pile is questionable...

For shutting up the warning,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
> 
> V2: more comprehensive problem description
> 
> diff --git a/inventory/Makefile b/inventory/Makefile
> index cda145e..6624fba 100644
> --- a/inventory/Makefile
> +++ b/inventory/Makefile
> @@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ LSRCFILES = inv_api.c inv_core.c inv_fstab.c inv_idx.c inv_mgr.c \
>  default install install-dev:
>  
>  include $(BUILDRULES)
> -
> --include .ltdep
> 



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