Re: [PATCH] selftests/futex: Fix line continuation in Makefile

[Shuah Khan]

On 02/13/2018 06:33 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 02:26:46PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 02/07/2018 10:24 AM, Daniel DÃaz wrote:
>>> The Makefile lacks a couple of line continuation backslashes
>>> in an `if' clause, which produces an error while make'ing:
>>>
>>>   $ make
>>>   make[1]: Entering directory `/[...]/linux/tools/testing/selftests/futex'
>>>   /bin/sh: -c: line 5: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>>>   make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
>>>   make[1]: Leaving directory `/[...]/linux/tools/testing/selftests/futex'
>>>   make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>
> 
> What is the failure scenario here? Is this shell specific? What does /bin/sh
> point to for you?

My understanding is that this problem is seen with make versions prior to 4.x.
This specific problem is seen with make version 3.81

I will let Daniel DÃaz share details on his environment.

thanks,
-- Shuah