Hi,
> On 17 Nov 2020, at 09:42, Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
>
> Olaf reported observing
>
> xenstat_qmp.c:26:10: fatal error: _paths.h: No such file or directory
> .../tools/libs/stat/../../../tools/Rules.mk:153: xenstat_qmp.opic] Error 1
>
> Obviously _paths.h, when included by any of the sources, needs to be
> created in advance of compiling any of them, not just the non-PIC ones.
>
> Reported-by: Olaf Hering <o...@aepfle.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marq...@arm.com>
Cheers
Bertrand
> ---
> A similar issue (at the time of the report) in the building of
> libxenstore was addressed by Jürgen's 9af5e2b31b4e ("tools/libs/store:
> don't use symbolic links for external files").
>
> --- a/tools/libs/stat/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/libs/stat/Makefile
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libs/libs.mk
>
> include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libs/libs.mk
>
> -$(LIB_OBJS): _paths.h
> +$(LIB_OBJS) $(PIC_OBJS): _paths.h
>
> PYLIB=bindings/swig/python/_xenstat.so
> PYMOD=bindings/swig/python/xenstat.py
>
