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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] Makefile: add the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:20:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <patch-4.6-2ff6359c273-20210329T161723Z-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover-0.6-00000000000-20210329T161723Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Use the GNU make ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag. As discussed in preceding
commits we're now less paranoid about "mv" failing, let's bring that
paranoia back in a way that makes more sense, and applies to all rules
in the Makefile.

Now if a command to make X fails X will be removed, the default
behavior of GNU make is to only do so if "make" itself is interrupted
with a signal.

E.g. if we now intentionally break one of the rules with:

    -       mv $@+ $@
    +       mv $@+ $@ && \
    +       false

We'll get output like:

    $ make git
        CC git.o
        LINK git
    make: *** [Makefile:2179: git] Error 1
    make: *** Deleting file 'git'
    $ file git
    git: cannot open `git' (No such file or directory)

Before this change we'd leave the file in place in under this
scenario.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f08635067b3..573bce20357 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2126,6 +2126,16 @@ shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
+### Flags affecting all rules
+
+# A GNU make extension since gmake 3.72 (released in late 1994) to
+# remove the target of rules if commands in those rules fail. The
+# default is to only do that if make itself receives a signal. Affects
+# all targets, see:
+#
+#    info make --index-search=.DELETE_ON_ERROR
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
+
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies
 
 # The generic compilation pattern rule and automatically
-- 
2.31.1.461.gd47399f6574


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-29 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-07 13:20 [PATCH] Makefile: generate 'git' as 'cc [...] -o git+ && mv git+ git' Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-07 20:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-08 12:38   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-08 17:21     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-08 18:26     ` Jeff King
2021-03-29 16:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Makefile: don't die on AIX with open ./git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 16:20   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] Makefile: rename objects in-place, don't clobber Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 18:21     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 18:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 23:24       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-30  0:21         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31 14:17           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-31 18:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:20   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] Makefile: rename scripts " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 18:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 23:28       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 16:20   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] Makefile: don't needlessly "rm $@ $@+" before "mv $@+ $@" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 18:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:20   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-03-29 18:51     ` [PATCH v2 4/5] Makefile: add the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 23:31       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 23:58         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-30 15:11         ` Jeff King
2021-03-30 18:36           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31  6:58             ` Jeff King
2021-03-31 18:36               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31 22:29                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-03-29 16:20   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] Makefile: don't "rm configure" before generating it Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 16:31   ` [PATCH 0/6] Makefile: make non-symlink & non-hardlink install sane Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 1/6] Makefile: symlink the same way under "symlinks" and "no hardlinks" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:17       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 2/6] Makefile: begin refactoring out "ln || ln -s || cp" pattern Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 3/6] Makefile: refactor " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-30 15:20         ` Jeff King
2021-03-30 18:36           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 4/6] Makefile: make INSTALL_SYMLINKS affect the build directory Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31 14:04         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 5/6] Makefile: use "ln -f" instead of "rm && ln" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:46       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-29 16:31     ` [PATCH 6/6] Makefile: add a INSTALL_FALLBACK_LN_CP mode Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 22:53       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31 14:03         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-31 18:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-31 19:01             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-03-29 23:08     ` [PATCH 0/6] Makefile: make non-symlink & non-hardlink install sane Junio C Hamano

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