RHEL/CentOS 7, popular distributions that install GNU Make 3.82, reached EOM/EOL on June 30, 2024. While you may get extended support, it is a good time to raise the minimum GNU Make version. The new requirement, GNU Make 4.0, was released in October, 2013. I did not touch the Makefiles under tools/ because I do not know the requirements for building tools. I do not find any GNU Make version checks under tools/. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ++-- Makefile | 22 +++------------------- scripts/Kbuild.include | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 5685d7bfe4d0..415ac8eeb46c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GNU C 5.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 clang --version Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version -GNU make 3.82 make --version +GNU make 4.0 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version binutils 2.25 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ It depends on ``libclang``. Make ---- -You will need GNU make 3.82 or later to build the kernel. +You will need GNU make 4.0 or later to build the kernel. Bash ---- diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 06aa6402b385..c90d408c825e 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ NAME = Baby Opossum Posse # Comments in this file are targeted only to the developer, do not # expect to learn how to build the kernel reading this file. -ifeq ($(filter undefine,$(.FEATURES)),) -$(error GNU Make >= 3.82 is required. Your Make version is $(MAKE_VERSION)) +ifeq ($(filter output-sync,$(.FEATURES)),) +$(error GNU Make >= 4.0 is required. Your Make version is $(MAKE_VERSION)) endif $(if $(filter __%, $(MAKECMDGOALS)), \ @@ -93,15 +93,7 @@ endif # If the user is running make -s (silent mode), suppress echoing of # commands -# make-4.0 (and later) keep single letter options in the 1st word of MAKEFLAGS. - -ifeq ($(filter 3.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),) -short-opts := $(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS)) -else -short-opts := $(filter-out --%,$(MAKEFLAGS)) -endif - -ifneq ($(findstring s,$(short-opts)),) +ifneq ($(findstring s,$(firstword -$(MAKEFLAGS))),) quiet=silent_ override KBUILD_VERBOSE := endif @@ -201,14 +193,6 @@ ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(abs_srctree))), 1) $(error source directory cannot contain spaces or colons) endif -ifneq ($(filter 3.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),) -# 'MAKEFLAGS += -rR' does not immediately become effective for GNU Make 3.x -# We need to invoke sub-make to avoid implicit rules in the top Makefile. -need-sub-make := 1 -# Cancel implicit rules for this Makefile. -$(this-makefile): ; -endif - export sub_make_done := 1 endif # sub_make_done diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include index faf37bafa3f8..ed8a7493524b 100644 --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ kbuild-file = $(or $(wildcard $(src)/Kbuild),$(src)/Makefile) # Read a file, replacing newlines with spaces # # Make 4.2 or later can read a file by using its builtin function. -ifneq ($(filter-out 3.% 4.0 4.1, $(MAKE_VERSION)),) +ifneq ($(filter-out 4.0 4.1, $(MAKE_VERSION)),) read-file = $(subst $(newline),$(space),$(file < $1)) else read-file = $(shell cat $1 2>/dev/null) -- 2.43.0
