Index: head/lib/libpmcstat/Makefile
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--- head/lib/libpmcstat/Makefile	(revision 334227)
+++ head/lib/libpmcstat/Makefile	(revision 334228)
@@ -1,35 +1,38 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 PACKAGE=lib${LIB}
 LIB=	pmcstat
 INTERNALLIB=
 
 SRCS=	\
 	libpmcstat_event.c	\
 	libpmcstat_image.c	\
 	libpmcstat_logging.c	\
 	libpmcstat_process.c	\
 	libpmcstat_string.c	\
 	libpmcstat_symbol.c	\
 	libpmcstat_pmu_util.c
 INCS=	libpmcstat.h
 
 CFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR}
 
 .if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64" 
 
 .if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "aarch64"
 EVENT_ARCH="arm64"
 .elif ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
 EVENT_ARCH="x86"
 .elif ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "powerpc"
 EVENT_ARCH="powerpc"
 .endif
 
 JEVENTS= ${BTOOLSPATH:U.}/pmu-events/jevents
+# This file is built in a subdirectory so never try to rebuild
+# it here due to missing meta file.
+${JEVENTS}: .NOMETA
 
 libpmcstat_events.c: ${JEVENTS}
 	${JEVENTS} ${EVENT_ARCH} ${.CURDIR}/pmu-events/arch libpmcstat_events.c
 SRCS+= libpmcstat_events.c
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>