If you run "make menuconfig" or "make nconfig" with -j<N> option in a fresh source tree, you will see several "Can't open ..." messages: $ make -j8 menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep YACC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c LEX scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg UPD scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg /bin/sh: 1: .: Can't open scripts/kconfig/.mconf-cfg HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf Correct dependencies to fix this problem. Fixes: 1c5af5cf9308 ("kconfig: refactor ncurses package checks for building mconf and nconf") Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile index c0ca9ea..1246580 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_nconf = $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$libs) HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.o = $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags) HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.gui.o = $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags) -$(obj)/nconf.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg +$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg # mconf: Used for the menuconfig target based on lxdialog hostprogs-y += mconf @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ HOSTLDLIBS_mconf = $(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$libs) $(foreach f, mconf.o $(lxdialog), \ $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$$$cflags))) -$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg +$(obj)/mconf.o: $(obj)/.mconf-cfg +$(addprefix $(obj)/lxdialog/, $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt hostprogs-y += qconf -- 2.7.4