Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 07:37:41 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kbuild: specifying phony targets?
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On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:11:01AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> I have a Makefile that works with 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.  On the 2.4 side, I 
> have a rule like this:
> 
> all: mytext ${TARGET_DIR} ${TARGET_DIR}/ccil.o
> 
> mytext:
>     @echo ${SOMETEXT}
> 
> This causes the text in variable SOMETEXT to be displayed right when the 
> build starts.
> 
> How do I do the same thing with kbuild?  Is there a way I can get a kbuild 
> makefile to run a phony target right at the beginning?

A phony target is not possible.
But use 'always' to tell kbuild what needs to be done.
Se also kbuild documentation: Documentation/kbuild/makefile.txt

	Sam
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