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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 19:33:28 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] kbuild: add support for ensuring headers are
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Hi Masahiro/Jani.

> 
> Following the obj-y pattern,
> I want to make header-test-y relative to $(obj).

I also considered this and agree this is better.

Otherwise we end up with a spaghetti of dependencies across the tree.

What I made just fit the purpose I had that day,
which is no excuse for bad design.

> I prefer this:
> 
> quiet_cmd_header_test = HDRTEST $@
>       cmd_header_test = echo "\#include \"$*.h\"" > $@
> 
> $(obj)/%.header_test.c:
>         $(call cmd,header_test)

Even better - good.

We call it HDRTEST - so why not just go for that name:

    hdrtest-y += headerfile.h

??

The current proposal with "header-test-y" hurts the eye a little with
two '-', and all other variables uses only one '-' as is today.
(generic-y, obj-y etc).

This is bikeshedding but is was itcing me a little.

	Sam