Tested by running 'git submodule foreach git pull origin master', then seeing that 'make clean' skips autogen although 'make' properly runs it. * cfg.mk (_clean_requested): New check, to speed up 'make clean' even if gnulib submodule is outdated. Suggested by Daniel P. Berrange. --- cfg.mk | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk index 70465c3..f422a53 100644 --- a/cfg.mk +++ b/cfg.mk @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL)) git diff .gnulib); \ stamp="$$($(_submodule_hash) $(_curr_status) 2>/dev/null)"; \ test "$$stamp" = "$$actual"; echo $$?) - ifeq (1,$(_update_required)) + _clean_requested = $(filter %clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)) + ifeq (1,$(_update_required)$(_clean_requested)) $(info INFO: gnulib update required; running ./autogen.sh first) Makefile: _autogen endif