[U-Boot] [feature request] make TAGS target

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Aug 12 11:13:35 CEST 2008


Dear Guennadi,

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0808121020430.8089 at axis700.grange> you wrote:
> 
> This looks at least as an inconsistency: the TAGS file is removed on "make 
> distclean", but there is no "make TAGS" target. The easiest would be to 

There are "tags", "ctags", "etags" and "cscope" make targets.

> remove removing TAGS, but better yet would be adding the target to build 
> this file, taking into account the configured architecture, include/asm, 
> for ARM also include/asm/arch, and maybe even cpu/..., lib_..., and board/ 
> paths? Maybe one of u-boot Kbuild / Makefile gurus could implement this in 
> their spare time?:-) I even can imagine, that some of us might want the 
> "tags" file too, and I wouldn't mind adding this target too:-) Yes, kernel 
> has these targets.

What exactly is not working for you when you run "make tags", for
example ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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