On 15:49 Mon 20 Aug , Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Vasudev Kamath <kamathvasu...@gmail.com>, 2012-08-18, 22:07: > >>get-orig-source: TMPDIR :=$(shell (mktemp --tmpdir -d suckless-tools.XXXX)) > >> > >>It looks like a nice hack, but... it will create a temporary > >>directory every time debian/rules is run (not only for the > >>get-orig-source target). > >> > > > >Since it was with get-orig-source: target I thought like all > >Makefiles it should be called only when we do debian/rules > >get-orig-source but looks like it creates directory even when I > >call debian/rules clean which I don't understand why! > > Apparently ":=" assignments are evaluated always exactly once, > regardless of whether the variable is global or target-specific.
I see I didn't knew that. Thanks! > > >Do you have any other alternatives for this? > > The alternative is to use shell variables for this purpose. I find > it convenient to have a separate script to create .orig.tar, and > make get-orig-source just call it. Done :-). (well you already know from d-m discussion) -- Vasudev Kamath http://copyninja.info Connect on ~friendica: copyninja@{frndk.de | vasudev.homelinux.net} IRC nick: copyninja | vasudev {irc.oftc.net | irc.freenode.net} GPG Key: C517 C25D E408 759D 98A4 C96B 6C8F 74AE 8770 0B7E
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