[U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix build failure in examples/standalone

[Premi, Sanjeev]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de] 
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:16 AM
> To: Premi, Sanjeev
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix build failure in examples/standalone
> 
> Dear "Premi, Sanjeev",
> 
> In message 
> <B85A65D85D7EB246BE421B3FB0FBB59301DE31FB63 at dbde02.ent.ti.com>
>  you wrote:
> >
> > I was surprised too. It is the first time ever I have seen 
> this problem
> > with any Makefile over years.
> >
> > To debug I tried this:
> ...
> > Makefile:47: *** *** COBJS evaluates to [hello_world.o 
> smc911x_eeprom.o   .o].  Stop.
> > make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/sanjeev/u-boot/examples/standalone'
> > make: *** [examples/standalone] Error 2
> >
> > Notice the "empty" .o in the output. This prompted me to 
> use $(strip ...)
> 
> Indeed. I do not doubt that your modification fixes the issue.

[sp] I was only illustrating the problem.

> 
> > premi # make --version
> > GNU Make 3.80
> > Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> > PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> It seems very much to me as if this was a bug in GNU Make 3.80, then.
> 
> May I please ask you to modify your poatch such that both the code and
> the commit message contain a comment that the added "strip" call is a
> workaround for a white-space handling problem in some versions of GNU
> make, especially version 3.80? 

[sp] Sure I will do so today.

Best regards,
Sanjeev

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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