Sergey Fedorov <serge.f...@gmail.com> writes:

> On 24/03/16 15:05, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> Sergey Fedorov <serge.f...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 23/03/16 20:20, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>>>> index b88d0db..ebf8a42 100755
>>>> --- a/configure
>>>> +++ b/configure
>>>> @@ -1246,7 +1246,8 @@ Standard options:
>>>>    --target-list=LIST       set target list (default: build everything)
>>>>  $(echo Available targets: $default_target_list | \
>>>>    fold -s -w 53 | sed -e 's/^/                           /')
>>>> -
>>>> +                           LIST can contain stems to match sets of targets
>>>> +                           (e.g. softmmu will match all softmmu targets)
>>>>  Advanced options (experts only):
>>>>    --source-path=PATH       path of source code [$source_path]
>>>>    --cross-prefix=PREFIX    use PREFIX for compile tools [$cross_prefix]
>>> Maybe we'd better require user to specify the exact glob patterns in
>>> '--target-list' to avoid possible misuse?
>> Don't you run into problems of escaping glob patterns from the shell and
>> the like? For example if I do:
>>
>> 12:04 alex@zen/x86_64  [qemu.git/mttcg/base-patches-v2] >./configure
>> --target-list=arm*
>>
>> ERROR: Unknown target name 'arm-softmmu-config-devices.mak.d'
>>
>> As the shell picks up file names from the src dir.
>>
>
> Of course, it would be necessary to quote it like this:
>
>     ./configure --target-list='arm*'

Hmm shell quoting is a black art it seems:

16:04 alex@zen/x86_64  [qemu.git/travis/add-trusty-gce] >./configure 
--target-list='ar*'

ERROR: Unknown target name 'arch_init.c'



>
> Kind regards,
> Sergey


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Alex Bennée

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