# [PATCH] Makefile: use overridable $(FIND) instead of hard-coded 'find'

2 messages from 2012-08-06 to 2012-08-06. Participants: Johannes Sixt, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31196

## Johannes Sixt, 2012-08-06 21:06

Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: use overridable $(FIND) instead of hard-coded 'find'
Message-ID: <502031C6.7040908@kdbg.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/502031C6.7040908%40kdbg.org

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The Makefile already offers the variable $(FIND) and uses it except in one
place. Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
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 For my Windows builds, I need "FIND=/usr/bin/find" in config.mak because
 I have /usr/bin is too late in PATH to override MS's incompatible 'find'.

 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe9bcea..bc88d13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ $(patsubst %.perl,%,$(SCRIPT_PERL)): perl/perl.mak
 perl/perl.mak: perl/PM.stamp
 
 perl/PM.stamp: FORCE
-	$(QUIET_GEN)find perl -type f -name '*.pm' | sort >$@+ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(FIND) perl -type f -name '*.pm' | sort >$@+ && \
 	{ cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || mv $@+ $@; } && \
 	$(RM) $@+
 
-- 
1.7.11.1.127.gdcfb9a9

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-08-06 21:25

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: use overridable $(FIND) instead of hard-coded 'find'
Message-ID: <7vfw7zyapz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vfw7zyapz.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <502031C6.7040908@kdbg.org>

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Thanks.

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