Re: [PATCH 1/1] subtree: make install targets depend on build targets

[Junio C Hamano]

Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes:

>> -install-html: $(GIT_SUBTREE_HTML)
>> +install-html: html
>
> This broke the build for me:
>
>  make[2]: Entering directory '/build/git-2.19.1+next.20181016/contrib/subtree'
>  install -m 644 html 
> /build/git-2.19.1+next.20181016/debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/git/html
>  install: cannot stat 'html': No such file or directory
>  make[2]: *** [Makefile:78: install-html] Error 1
>
> The rule says
>
>  install-html: html
>       $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
>       $(INSTALL) -m 644 $^ $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
>
> and $^ substitutes to "html" after this change.  How was this patch
> tested?

Gah, that was silly of me.