On Wed, 2021-06-30 at 18:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> > > Could we set this rule up a little bit differently so that it is only
> > > run when the library is built.
> > > Right now, make world on a built tree makes 17 calls to this "nm" line,
> > > and make check-world calls it 81 times. I think once would be enough. ;-)
> > Hmm, didn't realize that would happen. Will see what can be done.
>
> Looks like we'd have to make use of a dummy stamp-file, more or less
> as attached. Any objections?
Spitballing -- if you don't like the stamp file, you could add the
check to the end of the $(shlib) rule, surrounded by an ifeq check.
Then .DELETE_ON_ERROR should take care of the rest, I think.
--Jacob