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Re: [PATCH] Makefile: fix compilation of test programs under MinGW environment

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Michael Lukashov <michael.lukashov@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2010, 21:40 UTC
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Hi,
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Michael Lukashov <michael.lukashov@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Commit 225f78c8 (Merge branch 'master' of git://repo.or.cz/alt-git
>> into jn/autodep, 2010-01-26) changed Makefile in such a way that
>> the following error occurs when trying to compile Git under MinGW environment:
>>
>>   make: *** No rule to make target `test-chmtime', needed by `all'.  Stop.
>>
>> Under Linux it seems there's no difference between two variants.
>
>> -TEST_PROGRAMS := $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
>> +TEST_PROGRAMS = $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
>
> If the difference were on the RHS of this definition, which does involve
> $X that is different between the two platforms, I would understand, but
> your patch looks like it is addressing difference between := vs =, and
> that is more like a difference of other parts of the Makefile than
> difference between Linux and mingw compilation environment.
>
> Does mingw build add other instances of TEST_PROGRAMS definition to the
> Makefile, or perhaps have other means (e.g. ./build.sh runs make with
> TEST_PROGRAMS set to something else) to affect it?
>
No.
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> Or somewhere other than the main makefile, do you have an explicit "make
> test-chmtime" (not "make test-chmtime.exe") that tries to make sure that
> the build is done?
>
>
No.
Before commit 225f78c8 definition of TEST_PROGRAMS was:
TEST_PROGRAMS = $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
After commit 225f78c8 definition of TEST_PROGRAMS changed to
TEST_PROGRAMS := $(patsubst %,%$X,$(TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X))
And it leads to compilation error.
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  1. Makefile: fix compilation of test programs under MinGW environmentMichael Lukashov, Feb 27, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  3. Michael LukashovFeb 27, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  5. Michael LukashovFeb 27, 2010
  6. 1/2 Makefile: fix definition of $(TEST_PROGRAMS) on WindowsJonathan Nieder, Feb 28, 2010
  7. 2/2 Makefile: clarify definition of TEST_OBJSJonathan Nieder, Feb 28, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2010

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