Hi Ahmad, The subject seems outdated, you are not using printf at all here. On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:45:47AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > We are using echo -e, so the \n in the string being echo'd are > interpreted. As -e is not POSIX and dash doesn't provide it, > we use a strange /usr/bin/env echo -e construct hoping that > whatever non-builtin echo is first in the search path supports -e. > > As the new lines are just used to separate CPP directives, we can > just pass the directives as $(CPP) flags. This has the same result, > but is potable and avoids NixOS complaining when building barebox. s/potable/portable/ > > Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v1 -> v2: > - drop echo -e eltogether after Sascha pointed out why it needs > /usr/bin/env. > > Tested with two fragments: > - dts variable is defined for the DT it references > - fragments are included (checked with #warning) > - fragment change triggers rebuild > - original DT change triggers rebuild > - fragmentless case works ok > > scripts/Makefile.lib | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib > index 4deaa5dfa73c..befd47ed6600 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib > @@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.z: $(obj)/%.dtb FORCE > dts-frags = $(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_DTS_FRAGMENTS)) > quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC $@ > # For compatibility between make 4.2 and 4.3 > -cmd_dtc = /usr/bin/env echo -e '$(pound)define $(subst -,_,$(*F))_dts 1\n'$(foreach f,$< $(2),'$(pound)include "$(f)"\n') | \ > - $(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) - ; \ > +cmd_dtc = echo | $(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) \ > + -D'$(subst -,_,$(*F))_dts=1' $(foreach f,$< $(2),-include '$(f)') - ; \ Good idea to get rid of the echo -e dependency entirely, I like it :) You could replace the '-' for stdin with /dev/null and then drop the echo |. Maybe this makes it a bit easier to read. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |