kbuild: a better way to generate cscope database change
It's a problem about cscope target of kernel Makefile, and the cscope
plugin of emacs:
1. `make cscope` will generate cscope.files cscope.{in,po,}.out;
2. the cscope plugin expect a cscope.out.{in,po,};
3. the default `cscope -b` would generate cscope.{in,po,}.out;
There are three approach to solve it:
1. modify the cscope C code;
2. modify the cscope emacs plugin lisp code;
3. modify the Makefile;
I have tried to communicate with the cscope upstream, but later I
realize the third approach is most meaningful.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 343ec47..f3e2065 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@
cmd_cscope-file = (echo \-k; echo \-q; $(all-sources)) > cscope.files
quiet_cmd_cscope = MAKE cscope.out
- cmd_cscope = cscope -b
+ cmd_cscope = cscope -b -f cscope.out
cscope: FORCE
$(call cmd,cscope-file)