Here is the source path for the Kernel /home/betasam/Downloads/New Folder/linux-2.6.32.60 (Notice the " " or New\ Folder in-between.) betasam@nadia ~/Downloads/New Folder/linux-2.6.32.60 $ make i386_defconfig Makefile:302: warning: overriding commands for target `/home/betasam/Downloads/New' Makefile:104: warning: ignoring old commands for target `/home/betasam/Downloads/New' Makefile:303: /home/betasam/Downloads/New: No such file or directory Makefile:303: Folder/linux-2.6.32.60/scripts/Kbuild.include: No such file or directory Makefile:446: /home/betasam/Downloads/New: No such file or directory Makefile:446: Folder/linux-2.6.32.60/arch/x86/Makefile: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `Folder/linux-2.6.32.60/arch/x86/Makefile'. Stop. We had a linux kernel build workshop at Pune University, Pune India and at least three hit this bug. Is there a fix already that hasn't been backported or should we be submitting a patch that fixes issues when whitespaces are observed in the /path/to/kernel/src/ Please advise, Sunil Beta Baskar -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html