Dne 5.2.2016 v 22:30 Robert Jarzmik napsal(a): > Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On 2015-12-21 21:49, Robert Jarzmik wrote: >>>> Hi Michal, >>>> >>>> I compiled my kernel in a directory /home/robert jarzmik/kernel, and that's the >>>> first time I encountered a space in the path containing my kernel in years. >>>> >>>> I was wondering if there is a known constraint that the linux kernel source >>>> should be contained within a path without any space ? >>> Whitespace and colons are problematic. >> Ok. >> >>>> If no such constraint is known, maybe you could consider the patch in [1]. >>> I expect it is going to break in lot more places, especially if you do >>> an O= build. I think it's better to just check for this and error out early. >> Ok, I'll try to do that. Let's see if the patch at the end of this mail is what >> you're expecting. >> >> Cheers. >> >> -- >> Robert >> >> ---8<--- >> From 68bcedba135cc50254a234a949ed5cd3b4e92b7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> >> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:39:51 +0100 >> Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: forbid kernel directory to contain spaces >> >> When the kernel path contains a space somewhere in the path name, the >> modules_install target doesn't work anymore, as the path names are not >> enclosed in double quotes. It is also supposed that and O= build will >> suffer from the same weakness as modules_install. >> >> Instead of checking and improving kbuild to resist to directories >> including spaces, error out early to prevent any build if the kernel's >> main directory contains a space. >> >> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> >> --- >> Makefile | 4 ++++ >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile >> index 45ec34644b4f..72e9b7371b0d 100644 >> --- a/Makefile >> +++ b/Makefile >> @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ _all: >> # Cancel implicit rules on top Makefile >> $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ; >> >> +ifneq ($(words $(CURDIR)),1) >> + $(error main directory cannot contain spaces) >> +endif >> + >> ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) >> # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables >> # check that the output directory actually exists > > Hi Michal, > > Have you had the time to look at the patch above ? Hi Robert, sorry for the delay. We should also check for colons in path, because they break the build in a similar way. Michal -- 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
