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[PATCH v2 5/5] Makefile: don't "rm configure" before generating it

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 29, 2021, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-5.6-b04c4d29c53-20210329T161723Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover-0.6-00000000000-20210329T161723Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Remove a "rm configure" before we make a new "configure" file via a "configure+" temporary file. This was partially made redundant via the new ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" target.

"Partially" because if we die partway we'll remove the "configure" now, but as before we'll leave the "configure.ac+" in place. Ideally we'd have another target for the "configure.ac+" so this would all work properly, but due to the logic added in 122650457a6 (build: do not automatically reconfigure unless configure.ac changed, 2013-01-02) that's non-trivial to untangle.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Makefile | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 573bce20357..ce76c476a3c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2358,8 +2358,7 @@ $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : unimplemented.sh
 	mv $@+ $@
 endif # NO_PYTHON
 
-CONFIGURE_RECIPE = $(RM) configure configure.ac+ && \
-		   sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
+CONFIGURE_RECIPE = sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 			configure.ac >configure.ac+ && \
 		   autoconf -o configure configure.ac+ && \
 		   $(RM) configure.ac+
-- 
2.31.1.461.gd47399f6574
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  11. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2021
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  13. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2021
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  15. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 29, 2021
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
  18. Jeff KingMar 30, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2021
  20. Jeff KingMar 31, 2021
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2021
  22. Johannes SchindelinMar 31, 2021
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  24. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
  25. 2/5 Makefile: rename scripts in-place, don't clobberÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2021
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 29, 2021
  28. 5/5 Makefile: don't "rm configure" before generating itÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2021
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  31. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
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  33. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2021
  34. 4/6 Makefile: make INSTALL_SYMLINKS affect the build directoryÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2021
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