From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Verify that 'depmod' ($DEPMOD) is installed.
This is a partial revert of 620c231c7a7f (from 2012):
("kbuild: do not check for ancient modutils tools")
Fixes kernel bugzilla #198965:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198965
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chih-Wei Huang <cwhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # any kernel since 2012
---
scripts/depmod.sh | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- lnx-418-rc2.orig/scripts/depmod.sh
+++ lnx-418-rc2/scripts/depmod.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ fi
DEPMOD=$1
KERNELRELEASE=$2
-if ! test -r System.map -a -x "$DEPMOD"; then
+if ! test -r System.map ; then
exit 0
fi
+if [ -z $(command -v $DEPMOD) ]; then
+ echo "'make *install' requires $DEPMOD. Please install it." >&2
+ echo "This is probably in the module-init-tools package." >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
# older versions of depmod require the version string to start with three
# numbers, so we cheat with a symlink here
depmod_hack_needed=true
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