[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/5] Makefile: don't depend on the umask

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 17/11/14 22:36, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Guido, All,
> 
> On 2014-11-17 14:19 -0300, Guido Martínez spake thusly:
>> Some packages and BR itself create files and directories on the target
>> with cp/mkdir/etc which depend on the umask at the time of building.
>>
>> To fix this, use a trick inside the Makefile which wraps all rules when
>> the umask is not 0022. This sets the umask at the top level, and then
>> the building process continues as usual.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Guido Martínez <guido at vanguardiasur.com.ar>
>> ---
>>  Makefile | 15 +++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 471edf9..5ad8235 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
>>  # You shouldn't need to mess with anything beyond this point...
>>  #--------------------------------------------------------------
>>  
>> +# Trick for always running with a fixed umask
>> +UMASK=0022
>> +ifneq ($(shell umask),$(UMASK))
>> +.PHONY:*
>> +
>> +all:
>> +	@umask $(UMASK) && make --no-print-directory
> 
> You should use $(MAKE) instead of just 'make'.
> 
> I'm not too fond of --no-print-directory, because it is gonna be
> inherited by all sub-makes, and especially the sub-makes that actually
> build the packages. I don't care we have an extra "Entering directory"
> message.

 Note that the generated Makefile in $(O) does add --no-print-directory...


 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> Also, did you check how that plays with top-level parallel builds? I'm
> not too fond of it, but some users want to use it. See the comment a bit
> further in the Makefile.
> 
>> +
>> +%:
>> +	@umask $(UMASK) && make --no-print-directory $@
> 
> Ditto.
> 
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
> 
>> +else # umask
>> +
>>  # This is our default rule, so must come first
>>  all:
>>  
>> @@ -932,3 +945,5 @@ include docs/manual/manual.mk
>>  -include $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/docs/*/*.mk
>>  
>>  .PHONY: $(noconfig_targets)
>> +
>> +endif #umask
>> -- 
>> 2.1.3
>>
> 


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