-----Original Message----- From: devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh Boyer Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:43 PM To: Development discussions related to Fedora Subject: Re: making custom kernels easier to build On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 1:34 PM, ottos <ottohaliburton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Przemek > Klosowski > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:02 PM > To: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: making custom kernels easier to build > > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:29 AM, ottos <ottohaliburton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Since this topic is here. There is an error in Makefile when you do a > make modules_install. It attempts to delete a directory with a delete > file command. This occurs in two places. If you are fixing fix this problem. > > Typically, something like that might happen if you are compiling in a > pre-existing environment, where either an old compilation or someone > manually created a directory with the same name as a file from the > current compilation. Such error tends not to self-correct. The kernel > build system builds from scratch so it doesn't see the problem---I bet > if you rm -rf the entire build tree before rebuilding it'll work for you as well. > > NB, when you report errors, please provide more context: what exactly > are you comparing (version/release numbers, where you got them from) > and what errors are you seeing (the exact copy of the error message); > otherwise all others can offer is guesses. > > > > The following code is the defective code from Makefile. The lines > with the > ** besides them is the lines in particular that are defective. > > > > modules_install: _modinst_ _modinst_post > > > > PHONY += _modinst_ > > _modinst_: > > @rm -rf $(MODLIB)/kernel > > ** @rm -f $(MODLIB)/source > > @mkdir -p $(MODLIB)/kernel > > @ln -s $(srctree) $(MODLIB)/source > > @if [ ! $(objtree) -ef $(MODLIB)/build ]; then \ > > ** rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \ > > ln -s $(objtree) $(MODLIB)/build ; \ > > fi > > > > if you execute a "make modules_install" notice that you are trying delete > a directive with a file delete. I edit this file each time I build a > custom kernel and put a "r" in front of the "f" making it -rf. Is this enough. $(MODLIB)/source and $(MODLIB)/build are symlinks. It's removing the link, not the directory. If they aren't links on your machine then something went wrong somewhere for you, but this is not a problem Fedora or upstream has. Josh I would accept this explanation except notice the line @rm -rf $(MODLIB)/kernel which by your def is a symlink but has the -rf for removing a directory and on my machine all of the above are directories so it is intending to delete files in those directories and it works when I correct it. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
