Re: [PATCH 1/1] Windows: force-recompile git.res for differing architectures

> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> 
> > Am 07.11.18 um 02:32 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> >> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> >>> On Linux, when I recompile for a different architecture, CFLAGS would
> >>> change, so I would have thought that GIT-CFLAGS were the natural
> >>> choice for a dependency. Don't they change in this case on Windows,
> >>> too?
> >>
> >> Depending on GIT-CFLAGS would have a better chance of being safe, I
> >> guess, even though it can at times be overly safe, than GIT-PREFIX,
> >> I suspect.  As a single user target in Makefile, which is only used
> >> by Dscho, who intends to stick to /mingw(32|64)/ convention til the
> >> end of time, I think the posted patch is OK, though.
> >
> > I think that it's not only Dscho who uses the target (my build
> > environment, for example, is different from Dscho's and compiles
> > git.res, too). But since the patch helps him most and doesn't hurt
> > others, it is good to go. No objection from my side.
> 
> Yeah, that was phrased poorly.  What I meant was by "only by Dscho"
> was "only by those who share the convention that GIT-PREFIX is
> changed if and only if targetting a different arch".
> 
> Anyway, I just wanted to say that GIT-PREFIX may not be precise
> enough but would give sufficient signal; GIT-CFLAGS may be a more
> cautious choice, but it may change a bit too often ;-).