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

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:52 AM
> To: stephen at networkplumber.org
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Stephen Hemminger
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: allow application to override clean
> 
> Should we revert your patch? Double-colon rules were avoided in DPDK.
> "Double-colon rules are somewhat obscure and not often very useful"

Hi,

Also, it looks like DPDK applications that had a 'make clean' target, like dpdk-pktgen, now need to change it to a double colon target to avoid a make error like this:

    $ cd pktgen-dpdk/
    $ make
    /tmp/dpdk/mk/rte.app.mk:331: *** target file `clean' has both : and :: entries.  Stop.

This is complaining that the local pktgen 'clean:' rule conflicts with the DPDK 'clean::' rule.

John.
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