Re: [PULL 0/6] Meson build system fixes

[Peter Maydell]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 22:18, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> meson fixes:
>
> * --disable-tools --enable-system build
> * s390 no-TCG build
> * fdmon-io_uring
> * 'shift' error message in version_ge()
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Marc-André Lureau (1):
>       meson: convert pc-bios/keymaps/Makefile
>
> Paolo Bonzini (2):
>       target/s390x: fix meson.build issue
>       keymaps: update

I have noticed that now if I do a build starting from a
source tree with this keymaps update, the build seems
to cause the keymap files to be modified:

e104462:bionic:qemu$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/ar
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/bepo
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/cz
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/da
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/de
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/de-ch
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/en-gb
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/en-us
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/es
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/et
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fi
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fo
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fr
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fr-be
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fr-ca
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/fr-ch
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/hr
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/hu
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/is
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/it
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/ja
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/lt
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/lv
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/mk
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/nl
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/no
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/pl
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/pt
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/pt-br
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/ru
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/th
        modified:   pc-bios/keymaps/tr

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

The changes seem to be like this:

--- a/pc-bios/keymaps/ar
+++ b/pc-bios/keymaps/ar
@@ -776,244 +776,6 @@ XF86AudioMedia 0xed

 # evdev 247 (0xf7): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym XF86RFKill)

-# evdev 248 (0xf8): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
-
-# evdev 249 (0xf9): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
-
-# evdev 250 (0xfa): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
...
-# evdev 363 (0x16b): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
-
-# evdev 364 (0x16c): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym XF86Favorites)
-
-# evdev 365 (0x16d): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
-
-# evdev 366 (0x16e): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym XF86Keyboard)


Why is a build (which is now by definition in a build tree)
causing my source tree to be changed, and can we make it stop?

thanks
-- PMM