Re: [PATCH] make: add modules_update target

[Avi Kivity]

Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 21:00 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
> > How about using rsync with --delete as a substitute for cp (if rsync is 
> > available)?
> >     
>
> I thought about this, but a "grep -r rsync" didn't turn up any previous
> hits in the kernel build process.  I didn't want to introduce this as a
> new dependency for kernel building, if it's possible to avoid...
>   
Use rsync only if it is available:

   rsync-available := $(shell rsync --version > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y)
   copy := $(if $(rsync-available), rsync --delete, cp)

   modules_install:
              [...]
              $(copy) source target

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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.

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