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From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
To: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Makefile: fix "make clean" for old GNU find
Date: Fri,  9 Mar 2012 09:49:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1331315349-8541-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> (raw)

findutils v4.1.x does not have the `-exec CMD {} +' syntax. We can just as
easily use the `-exec CMD {} \;' syntax. However, it will launch a lot more
`rm' processes, so we only use it if the first form fails with an error.
This isn't a perfect solution (`find -exec +' can fail for other reasons)
but it works well enough.

This problem manifests itself in RHEL 4, findutils 4.1.20:

  $ make clean
  rm -f /XXX/mtd-utils/*.o /XXX/mtd-utils/ftl_format  ...
  find: missing argument to `-exec'
  make: *** [clean] Error 1

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
---
v2: try '+' syntax, then fall back to old format

 Makefile |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 17a1216..7506ed4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ OBJDEPS = $(BUILDDIR)/include/version.h
 
 include common.mk
 
+CLEAN_FIND = find "$(BUILDDIR)/" -xdev '(' -name '*.[ao]' -o -name '.*.c.dep' ')'
+
 clean::
 ifneq ($(BUILDDIR)/.git,)
 ifneq ($(BUILDDIR),.)
@@ -50,10 +52,10 @@ ifneq ($(BUILDDIR),$(CURDIR))
 endif
 endif
 endif
+	# findutils v4.1.x (RHEL 4) do not have '+' syntax
 	@if test -d "$(BUILDDIR)/"; then \
-		find $(BUILDDIR)/ -xdev \
-			'(' -name '*.[ao]' -o -name '.*.c.dep' ')' \
-			-exec rm -f {} + ; \
+		$(CLEAN_FIND) -exec rm -f {} + 2> /dev/null || \
+		$(CLEAN_FIND) -exec rm -f {} \; ; \
 	fi
 	rm -f $(BUILDDIR)/include/version.h
 	$(MAKE) -C $(TESTS) clean
-- 
1.7.5.4.2.g519b1

             reply	other threads:[~2012-03-09 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-09 17:49 Brian Norris [this message]
2012-03-09 21:14 ` [PATCH v2] Makefile: fix "make clean" for old GNU find Mike Frysinger
2012-03-12 13:08 ` Artem Bityutskiy

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