[Mesa-dev] Trouble with missing git_sha1.h when building from a fresh tree

[Emil Velikov]

On 16 June 2016 at 21:14, Haixia Shi <hshi at chromium.org> wrote:
> Emil
>
> I looked at commit 3689ef32 which started the problem, and it seems that
> patch removed the line "touch git_sha1.h.tmp". Previously my workflow was
> "working" because the touch command ensures there's always going to be an
> empty header file.
>
> Was this intentional? For the new git_sha1.h rules, I wonder if it is ok to
> add a step for git_sha1.h.tmp that does a "touch git_sha1.h" to ensure the
> file exists?
>
As said earlier - if the proposed workflow solutions don't work,
please check the earlier suggestions/email [1]. Also [2] might be
mildly related (joking of course)

Thanks
Emil

[1] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2016-June/120709.html
[2] https://xkcd.com/1172/