The Make variable containing the objcopy flags may be constructed from the output of build tools operating on build artifacts, and these may not exist when doing a make clean. So avoid evaluating them eagerly, to prevent spurious build warnings. Suggested-by: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot index 89ef820f3b34483a..2c489627a8078945 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile.zboot @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ zboot-size-len-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP) := 0 $(obj)/vmlinuz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE $(call if_changed,$(zboot-method-y)) -OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinuz.o := -I binary -O $(EFI_ZBOOT_BFD_TARGET) $(EFI_ZBOOT_OBJCOPY_FLAGS) \ +# avoid eager evaluation to prevent references to non-existent build artifacts +OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinuz.o = -I binary -O $(EFI_ZBOOT_BFD_TARGET) $(EFI_ZBOOT_OBJCOPY_FLAGS) \ --rename-section .data=.gzdata,load,alloc,readonly,contents $(obj)/vmlinuz.o: $(obj)/vmlinuz FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy) -- 2.39.2
