linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf: Check for flex and bison before continuing building

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Date:	Mon,  4 Feb 2013 13:05:54 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH] perf: Check for flex and bison before continuing building

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Check whether both executables are present on the system before
continuing with the build instead of failing halfway, if either are
missing.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 4b1044cbd84c..a158309a65ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ RM = rm -f
 MKDIR = mkdir
 FIND = find
 INSTALL = install
+FLEX = flex
+BISON= bison
 
 # sparse is architecture-neutral, which means that we need to tell it
 # explicitly what architecture to check for. Fix this up for yours..
@@ -158,6 +160,14 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),tags)
 -include config/feature-tests.mak
 
+ifeq ($(call get-executable,$(FLEX)),)
+	dummy := $(error Error: $(FLEX) is missing on this system, please install it)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(call get-executable,$(BISON)),)
+	dummy := $(error Error: $(BISON) is missing on this system, please install it)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -Werror -fstack-protector-all,-fstack-protector-all),y)
 	CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fstack-protector-all
 endif
@@ -282,9 +292,6 @@ endif
 
 export PERL_PATH
 
-FLEX = flex
-BISON= bison
-
 $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c: util/parse-events.l $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.h $(PARSER_DEBUG_FLEX) -t util/parse-events.l > $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c
 
-- 
1.8.1.2.422.g08c0e7f

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