Re: [PATCH] tools/libs/light: fix race in Makefile

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 26.10.2020 10:46, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 26.10.20 10:34, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> What I don't understand here is why this two step moving around of
>> headers is used: Instead of the above pattern rule, can't the rule
>> to generate _libxl_type%.h, _libxl_type%_json.h,
>> _libxl_type%_private.h, and _libxl_type%.c put the relevant header
>> files right into their designated place? This would allow the
>> pattern rule to go away, albeit I'd then still be unclear about
>> the specific race you did observe.
> 
> This would require to replace the pattern rules used to generate the
> files by per-file rules instead, as e.g. _libxl_types_json.h and
> _libxl_types_internal_json.h are matching the same pattern, but they
> need to end up in different directories.

Ah, right - I didn't pay attention to the *_internal*.h needs.

Jan