Re: [PATCH] cmake: generalize the handling of the `UNIT_TEST_OBJS` list

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 30, 2024, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8qv98195.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <0121a34f-6a32-aef7-92d6-e11521fab2d8@gmx.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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>> The longer-term aspiration is to migrate everything to clar-based
>> unit tests, so the list will hopefully keep getting shorter and then
>> become empty (https://lore.kernel.org/git/Zt_lLsnylKJ9uoqj@pks.im/).
>
> Once it becomes empty, I will have to send another CMake-related patch
> similar to when the `REFTABLE_TEST_OBJS` list went away, as the CMake
> definition cannot handle such empty lists.

It may be ideal if all contributors learned and updated inputs to all the build process options like cmake, make, and autoconf at the same time as they futz with the code they build (in other words, a change that makes such a list to empty includes cmake update), but different people chipping in with help in their strong areas and polishing the system as a whole as a collaborative effort is probably the best practical alternative.

Thanks.