Re: [PATCH] perf build: fix in-tree build

[Namhyung Kim]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 02:06:08PM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Building perf in-tree is broken after commit 890a1961c812 ("perf tools:
> Create source symlink in perf object dir") which added a 'source' symlink
> in the output dir pointing to the source dir.
> 
> With in-tree builds, the added 'SOURCE = ...' line is executed multiple
> times (I observed 2 during the build plus 2 during installation). This is a
> minor inefficiency, in theory not harmful because symlink creation is
> assumed to be idempotent. But it is not.
> 
> Considering with in-tree builds:
> 
>   srctree=/absolute/path/to/linux
>    OUTPUT=/absolute/path/to/linux/tools/perf
> 
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Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best Regards,
Namhyung