[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: allow application to override clean

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jan 29 11:52:01 CET 2015


Hi Stephen,

2015-01-28 12:00, Olivier MATZ:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On 01/23/2015 07:19 AM, stephen at networkplumber.org wrote:
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming at brocade.com>
> >
> > In some cases application may want to have additional rules
> > for clean. This can be handled by allowing the double colon
> > form of rule.
> >
> >   https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Double_002dColon.html
> 
> There is already a way to do that in dpdk makefiles: you can add
> the following code in your application Makefile, before the line
> that includes $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.app.mk:
> 
> POSTCLEAN += my_clean
> 
> .PHONY: my_clean
> my_clean:
> 	@echo executed after clean

Does it fit with your needs?
Should we revert your patch? Double-colon rules were avoided in DPDK.
"Double-colon rules are somewhat obscure and not often very useful"

-- 
Thomas


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