Re: [PATCH iproute2 v5 7/7] configure: add the --libdir option

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 01:02:41PM +0200, Andrea Claudi wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:10:53PM +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > Hi Andrea,
> > 
> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:50:55AM +0200, Andrea Claudi wrote:
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > > index 5eddd504..f6214534 100644
> > > --- a/Makefile
> > > +++ b/Makefile
> > > @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> > >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >  # Top level Makefile for iproute2
> > >  
> > > +-include config.mk
> > > +
> > 
> > Assuming config.mk may be missing (as dash-prefix is used).
> > 
> > >  ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
> > >  VERBOSE = $(V)
> > >  endif
> > > @@ -13,7 +15,6 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
> > >  endif
> > >  
> > >  PREFIX?=/usr
> > > -LIBDIR?=$(PREFIX)/lib
> > 
> > Dropping this leads to trouble if config.mk is missing or didn't define
> > it. Can't you just leave it in place? Usually config.mk would override
> > it anyway, no?
> 
> config.mk may miss at the first make call, but the "all" target calls
> config.mk, which in turns re-generate it. Thus LIBDIR is defined when
> the target all executes.

Ah, I forgot the call to configure from make. So full series:

Acked-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

Thanks, Phil