Re: targets in :child recipes

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:50:01PM +0100, Tim Hemel wrote:
> main.aap:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Modules = etc base kernel rcfiles
> @for d in expand2list(Modules):
>         :child $d/main.aap
> 
> ROOTFS = rootfs
> 
> image: $ROOTFS
>         :pass
> 
> $ROOTFS: inst-kernel
>         :pass
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> kernel/main.aap:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> BUILD=`var_abspath("build")`
> 
> _top.KERNEL=$BUILD/bsd
> KERNCONF=`var_abspath("NET4501")`
> KERNSRC=/usr/src/sys
> 
> $_top.KERNEL: $KERNCONF
>         :sys config -b $BUILD -s $KERNSRC $KERNCONF
>         :cd $BUILD
>         :sys make clean && make depend && make
> 
> inst-kernel: $_top.KERNEL
>         :print Install kernel to $_top.ROOTFS
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> For some reason however, the inst-kernel target is not seen:
> 
> buma# aap image
> Aap: Do not know how to build "inst-kernel"
> 
> It is defined in a child recipe however. Should I refer to targets in a
> child recipe by a different name, or could this be a bug?

I made it work. Virtual targets in child recipes are not seen, unless they are
explicitly marked virtual. I did not understand this from the manual.
The solution is to use:

inst-kernel {virtual}{remember} : $_top.KERNEL

The {remember} attribute makes the recipe a bit more efficient.


Tim

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