VOL-4840 - Makefile edits

VOL-4874, VOL-4877, VOL-4840

howto/edit_voltha_docs.rst
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   * Also need to run "make docs" to generate html content.

Makefile
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   * (local use) fixed non-functional makefile targets.
   * Begin splitting monolithic makefile into reusable libs.
   * Extended help to document all targets (make help VERBOSE=1)
   * Extended lint to support more targets.
   * Replace wildcard target (%) with a list of sphinx-build named targets:
     + Amusing behavior but "make clean" should not initiate "gendocs".
     + Likewise "make lint" should not attempt to generate documentation.
   * Introduced simple patching logic for virtualenv.  Local users are
     now able to use make clean, lint, etc with a newer interpreter.
     Baby steps toward VOL-4874.
   * Conditional make vars added:
     + NO_PATCH=1
     + NO_OTHER_REPO_DOCS=1 (venv patching not yet supported by foreign repos).

makefiles/consts.mk
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   * basic values: space, dot, null, HIDE.

makefiles/help/include.mk
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   * makefile target help with context.

makefiles/lint/*.mk
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   * lib makefiles capturing syntax checking logic.

makefiles/patches/include.mk
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   * Targets for creation and applying python virtualenv patches.

patches/*/patch
patches/python_310_migration.sh
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   * Logic used to support dynamic python module pathching in a virtual env directory.
   * Module edits are trivial -- attempt to import new modules and fallback to existing import syntax.

Change-Id: I437289a751423217b4193b75b62c4a295db18ffd
diff --git a/makefiles/patches/help.mk b/makefiles/patches/help.mk
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--- /dev/null
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifdef VERBOSE
+  help :: help-patches
+else
+  help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo "[PATCHES] - helper on the road to python 3.10+ based testing"
+	@echo '  see also: help-patches'
+endif
+
+help-patches:
+	@echo
+	@echo "[PATCHES] - helper on the road to python 3.10+ based testing"
+	@echo "  patch-apply          Apply patches to the virtualenv directory"
+	@echo "  patch-create"
+	@echo "  patch-gather         Gather a list of potential patch sources"
+	@echo "  patch-init           Clone the virtualenv directory for patch creation."
+
+
+
+
+help-trailer ::
+	@echo "[SEE ALSO] patches-help"
+
+help-verbose:
+	$(HIDE)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory help VERBOSE=1
+
+# [EOF]