Remove PHONY because Windows and OSX file systems are crap. Closes #2199.

run_unittests.py

@@ -1288,6 +1288,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         targets = mesonbuild.coredata.forbidden_target_names
         # We don't actually define a target with this name
         targets.pop('build.ninja')
+        # Remove this to avoid multiple entries with the same name
+        # but different case.
+        targets.pop('PHONY')
         for i in targets:
             self.assertPathExists(os.path.join(testdir, i))
 

test cases/common/159 reserved targets/PHONY/meson.build

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-executable('test-PHONY', '../test.c')

test cases/common/159 reserved targets/meson.build

@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ subdir('coverage-xml')
 subdir('dist')
 subdir('distcheck')
 subdir('install')
-# We end up creating duplicate lowercase target names for this on
+# We don't have a 'PHONY' directory because Windows and OSX
-# case-insensitive HFS+, so disable it
+# choke horribly when there are two entries with the same
-# https://travis-ci.org/mesonbuild/meson/jobs/264468097
+# name but different case.
-#subdir('phony')
+subdir('phony')
-subdir('PHONY')
 subdir('reconfigure')
 subdir('scan-build')
 subdir('test')