Re: [coreboot] flashrom: Remove Makefile pciutils check, and don't rm *~ in clean

[Stefan Reinauer]

Peter Stuge wrote:
> > Personally I prefer keeping the check in the Makefile (if at all).
>
> I would love to simply remove the check. Then flashrom will be like
> every other package I've seen.
>
> The error message from compile or link commands (as run by make) is
> IMHO far better than anything we can pretend to produce on our own.
>
> If there is a library missing, the linker will make that clear.
>
> Can we convince Stefan? :)

No, I disagree. Go check the mailing list archive for error reports that
lead to that message.

People started complaining because /usr/include/linux/pci.h was there
and it still would not work.

I don't see what's wrong with the check.

Stefan