linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: add targets for config-help and pkg-help

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 01:23:31 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Cc:     Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: add targets for config-help and pkg-help

2017-10-18 0:18 GMT+09:00 Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>:
> Change to enable config help and package help from the main make level
> to make it easier to use. It has become difficult to find config help
> and pkg help specific output from the "help" information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 46bfb0ed2257..1d6f86df1b6c 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1441,6 +1441,13 @@ help:
>         @echo  'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] '
>         @echo  'For further info see the ./README file'
>
> +PHONY += config-help
> +config-help:
> +       @$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/Makefile help
> +
> +PHONY += pkg-help
> +pkg-help:
> +       @$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) help
>
>  help-board-dirs := $(addprefix help-,$(board-dirs))
>
> --


What happened to "doc-help" ?
(I want to see consistent hyphenation)

Please follow Randy's suggestion.

Also you need to add %-help pattern to no-dot-config-targets.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada