Hello, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:40:56AM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 01:30:12PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > +# Provide a default prefix if the user hasn't defined one. > > +ifeq ($(strip $(prefix)),) > > +prefix=/usr > > +endif > > This ifeq is non-functional: you can always invoke make like ``make > prefix=/usr'' to override $(prefix) even when the Makefile > unconditionally defines ``prefix = whatever''.
I see... Thanks for information. > To finally bring this to an end, I propose the following. Can you please > confirm that it works for you? Yes, it works for me. > +%.sdefsi: > + echo '#include <hurd/$*.defs>' | \ > + $(CPP) \ > + $(CPPFLAGS) $(MIGSFLAGS) $($*-MIGSFLAGS) -DSERVERPREFIX=S_ \ > + -x c - -o $@ > Could you please explain what this expression does? Does it somehow inject the #include statement into the code of fs_notifyServer.c?.. And another question: how does one get such neatly formatted mail+patch things? Does one use git format-patch alone? I'll very much appreciate if somebody would answer these questions, because I feel like there are many gaps in my understanding of some things and I'm eager to fill the gaps with knowledge :-) Regards, scolobb
