Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: Remove example file on dt-extract-example error

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon May 16 2022 - 21:12:21 EST


On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 09:27:00AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:13 AM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > As 'dt-extract-example' writes the example dts files to stdout, a file
> > is always created even on an error such as Ctrl-C. The resulting empty
> > file(s) then cause unexpected errors on subsequent builds. Fix this by
> > removing the output file on any error.
> >
>
>
> Did you really set it?

Set what?

I'm sure I've gotten empty files which then throw errors on the next
run.

> The target deletion on interrupt is automatic
> since the following commit:
>
>
>
> commit 9c2af1c7377a8a6ef86e5cabf80978f3dbbb25c0
> Author: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri Jul 20 16:46:33 2018 +0900
>
> kbuild: add .DELETE_ON_ERROR special target

You're saying I shouldn't need this change? For some reason I do...

Rob