linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: drop FORCE from PHONY targets

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQOJjcn7Q+s_pKqzUuojMBtOsRNKsmVwDFXvTeU-zvSeQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:36:39 +0900
From:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@...tor.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: drop FORCE from PHONY targets

2016-03-14 13:28 GMT+09:00 Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy
>>
>> 2016-03-14 9:39 GMT+09:00 Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>:
>> > On Mar 12, 2016 4:14 PM, "Masahiro Yamada"
>> > <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> These targets are marked as PHONY.  No need to add FORCE to their
>> >> dependency.
>> >
>> > If this is, in fact, correct, can you update
>> > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt as well?
>>
>> Which line do you want me to update?
>>
>
> All the references to FORCE should probably mention .PHONY as an alternative.

I do not get your point.

All the examples in the makefile.txt correctly reference to FORCE.
They are not PHONY targets.
No need to update.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada