The next make after an oldconfig reads in the outdated include/config/auto.conf which can kill the make before it is able to call the syncconfig target. $ make defconfig *** Default configuration is based on 'x86_64_defconfig' $ make scripts/kconfig/conf --syncconfig Kconfig Makefile:936: *** "Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel". Stop. $ sed -i s/CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y// .configs $ make oldconfig Choose kernel unwinder > 1. ORC unwinder (UNWINDER_ORC) (NEW) 2. Frame pointer unwinder (UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER) choice[1-2?]: 2 $ make Makefile:936: *** "Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel". Stop. With this patch oldconfig and similar targets like menuconfig call syncconfig to avoid this failure. Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile index a3ac2c9..ef34275 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ PHONY += $(simple-targets) $(simple-targets): $(obj)/conf $< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig) + $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig PHONY += oldnoconfig silentoldconfig savedefconfig defconfig -- 1.9.1 ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��F���{ay�ʇڙ���f���h������_�(�階�ݢj"��������G����?���&��