[dpdk-dev] "cannot use T= with gcov target" when doing "makefile clean" with DPDK-2.1.0

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Montorsi, Francesco
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 10:07 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] "cannot use T= with gcov target" when doing "makefile
> clean" with DPDK-2.1.0
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I found that after unzipping dpdk-2.1.0.tar.gz if I run:
>        # make T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> config
> And then
>     # make V=1 T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc O=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> clean
> 
> I get:
> 
> [...]
> == Clean app/proc_info
> make -f /home/fmontorsi/Downloads/dpdk-2.1.0/GNUmakefile gcovclean make -f
> /home/fmontorsi/Downloads/dpdk-2.1.0/mk/rte.sdkgcov.mk gcovclean
> /home/fmontorsi/Downloads/dpdk-2.1.0/mk/rte.sdkgcov.mk:34: *** "Cannot use
> T= with gcov target".  Stop.
> make[2]: *** [gcovclean] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [clean] Error 2
> make: *** [clean] Error 2
> 
> I guess the fix is:
> 


Hi Francesco,

That fix seems reasonable and you should submit it as a patch. 

There may be other ways to fix this (there are several ways to fix things within the build system) but if you submit a patch we can get some comments.

John.
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