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

> On 24/03/16 19:05, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> 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'
>
> Right, it's inherent problem, I think :)

Hence my decision to stick with stems ;-)

--
Alex Bennée

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