linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] scripts/Makefile.build: do not reference EXTRA

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Message-ID: <CACqU3MWRz1oQgtpvnvYs-Ucy-=EKBOVaHam93+azFQzT68L1dw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:50:57 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] scripts/Makefile.build: do not reference
 EXTRA_CFLAGS as CFLAGS replacement

Hi Michal,

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> wrote:
> Usage of these flags has been deprecated for nearly 4 years by:
>
>    commit f77bf01425b11947eeb3b5b54685212c302741b8
>    Author: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...tun.(none)>
>    Date:   Mon Oct 15 22:25:06 2007 +0200
>
>        kbuild: introduce ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
>
> Moreover, these flags (at least EXTRA_CFLAGS) have been documented for command
> line use. By default, gmake(1) do not override command line setting, so this is
> likely to result in build failure or unexpected behavior.
>
> Do not advertise for its usage.
>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
>
ping ?

 - Arnaud

> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.build |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index a0fd502..d2b366c 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ include $(kbuild-file)
>  # If the save-* variables changed error out
>  ifeq ($(KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC),)
>         ifneq ("$(save-cflags)","$(CFLAGS)")
> -                $(error CFLAGS was changed in "$(kbuild-file)". Fix it to use EXTRA_CFLAGS)
> +                $(error CFLAGS was changed in "$(kbuild-file)". Fix it to use ccflags-y)
>         endif
>  endif
>
> --
> 1.7.6.153.g78432
>
>
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