linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH 1/2] Makefile: .PHONY is not a variable, but PHONY is

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Date:   Thu,  5 Jul 2018 12:33:07 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] Makefile: .PHONY is not a variable, but PHONY is

From: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>

.PHONY is a target, not a variable.

Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

Ulf sent this a long time ago.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7111711/
Unfortunately, it was lost for some reason.

I am resending to apply it if Ulf does not mind it.


 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58bd78b..b610cb0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1720,6 +1720,6 @@ endif	# skip-makefile
 PHONY += FORCE
 FORCE:
 
-# Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
+# Declare the contents of the PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
 # information in a variable so we can use it in if_changed and friends.
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
-- 
2.7.4