Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] gitlab-ci: Run GNU make via the $MAKE variable

From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <f4bug@amsat.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Willian Rampazzo" <willianr@redhat.com>,
	"Kyle Evans" <kevans@freebsd.org>,
	"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
	"Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>,
	"Wainer dos Santos Moschetta" <wainersm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] gitlab-ci: Run GNU make via the $MAKE variable
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 09:56:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6858c4f6-1980-72ce-297f-e13ce00ce427@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210519184549.2192728-4-f4bug@amsat.org>

On 19/05/2021 20.45, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Add the $MAKE variable to call GNU make, and set it to 'gmake'
> on FreeBSD to avoid:
> 
>    $ make -j"$JOBS"
>    make: Unknown modifier ','
>    make: "/builds/dTyar424/0/qemu/build/Makefile" line 3: Need an operator
>    make: "/builds/dTyar424/0/qemu/build/Makefile" line 4: Missing dependency operator
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
>   .gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml | 9 ++++++---
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
> index fe4f18595ac..f284d7a0eec 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
> @@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
>           ;
>         then
>           JOBS=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
> +        MAKE=gmake
>           ;
>         else
>           JOBS=$(expr $(nproc) + 1)
> +        MAKE=make

Maybe we could use "gmake" on Linux, too, so we do not have to use the 
indirection with a variable here? Or are there Linux distros where the 
"gmake" link is not available?

  Thomas