Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Makefile: add {program,xdiff,test,git,fuzz}-objs & objects targets

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:41:26PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

As Jeff points out in
https://lore.kernel.org/git/YBuc5iOCCHk4fPqs@coredump.intra.peff.net/ (local)
the use-case for having "{program-xdiff,test,git}-objs & objects"
targets is a bit harder to justify.

I still think they're useful, particularly for testing on e.g. slow
single-core VMs or other test setups (I use the GCC farm) where I know
I just want to compile e.g. "test" objects, and compiling one of them
takes 1-2 seconds.

OK. I doubt I'll end up using them myself, but I'll keep my eyes open
for opportunities. But I agree they are not creating any kind of
maintenance burden, since people would be touching the FOO_OBJS lists
both before and after your patches anyway. So it does not hurt to try.

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (6):
  Makefile: guard against TEST_OBJS in the environment
  Makefile: split up long OBJECTS line
  Makefile: sort OBJECTS assignment for subsequent change
  Makefile: split OBJECTS into OBJECTS and GIT_OBJS
  Makefile: add {program,xdiff,test,git,fuzz}-objs & objects targets
  Makefile: build "$(FUZZ_OBJS)" in CI, not under "all"

The first five all look good to me.  I'm skeptical of the final one; I
wrote more comments in response to that patch.

-Peff