From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Makefile: error out invoking strip target
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 23:29:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqilwf8je9.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211125122607.26602-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> (Bagas Sanjaya's message of "Thu, 25 Nov 2021 19:26:08 +0700")
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:
> Now that $INSTALL_STRIP variable can be defined since 3231f41009 (make:
> add INSTALL_STRIP option variable, 2021-09-05), it is redundant to have
> 'strip' target when $INSTALL_STRIP does the job. Error out when invoking
> the target so that users are forced to define the variable instead.
It is not exactly redundant for folks who like to build and use in
place without installing.
What is the reason why we might want to eventually remove the
"strip" target, making "make strip" an error? I do not quite see
much downsides for having just a target with a simple one-liner
recipe.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-26 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-25 12:26 [PATCH v2] Makefile: error out invoking strip target Bagas Sanjaya
2021-11-26 7:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-11-26 7:38 ` Bagas Sanjaya
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