Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] makefile/meson: add 'headers-check' as alias for 'hdr-check'

[Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>]

Hi Karthik

On 10/04/2025 12:30, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> The 'hdr-check' target in meson and makefile is used to check if headers
> can be compiled individually. The naming however isn't readable as 'hdr'
> is not a common shortforme for 'header', neither is it an abbreviation.
> 
> Let's introduce 'headers-check' as an alternative target for 'hdr-check'
> and add a `TODO` to deprecate the latter after 2 releases. Since this
> is an internal tool, we can use a shorter deprecation cycle.

Can we call this "check-headers" to match the other "check-" targets in 
the Makefile please

Thanks

Phillip

> Change existing usage of 'hdr-check' in 'ci/run-static-analysis.sh' to
> also use 'headers-check'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
> ---
>   Makefile                  | 4 +++-
>   ci/run-static-analysis.sh | 2 +-
>   meson.build               | 2 ++
>   3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index ac32d2d0bd..0ac91e0af1 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -3326,8 +3326,10 @@ HCC = $(HCO:hco=hcc)
>   $(HCO): %.hco: %.hcc $(GENERATED_H) FORCE
>   	$(QUIET_HDR)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o /dev/null -c -xc $<
>   
> -.PHONY: hdr-check $(HCO)
> +# TODO: deprecate 'hdr-check' in lieu of 'headers-check' in Git 2.51+
> +.PHONY: hdr-check headers-check $(HCO)
>   hdr-check: $(HCO)
> +headers-check: hdr-check
>   
>   .PHONY: style
>   style:
> diff --git a/ci/run-static-analysis.sh b/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
> index 0d51e5ce0e..2e51411d6e 100755
> --- a/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
> +++ b/ci/run-static-analysis.sh
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ then
>   	exit 1
>   fi
>   
> -make hdr-check ||
> +make headers-check ||
>   exit 1
>   
>   make check-pot
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index 6fce1aa618..74597283b9 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -2099,7 +2099,9 @@ if headers.length() != 0 and compiler.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc'
>       hco_targets += hco
>     endforeach
>   
> +  # TODO: deprecate 'hdr-check' in lieu of 'headers-check' in Git 2.51+
>     alias_target('hdr-check', hco_targets)
> +  alias_target('headers-check', hco_targets)
>   endif
>   
>   foreach key, value : {
>