Hello! Still not sure what's happening, but here's some more data: You can invoke make menuconfig in the build directory, and it works just fine: ~/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134 $ make menuconfig make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/basic gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/basic/.fixdep.d -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 -o scripts/basic/fixdep scripts/basic/fixdep.c rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/kconfig menuconfig /bin/sh ./scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh -check gcc -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -lncursesw -ltinfow gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/kconfig/.mconf.o.d -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -c -o scripts/kconfig/mconf.o scripts/kconfig/mconf.c ... gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/.menubox.o.d -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -c -o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c gcc -o scripts/kconfig/mconf scripts/kconfig/mconf.o scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o -lncursesw -ltinfow scripts/kconfig/mconf Kconfig But when you invoke it from OpenWRT buildroot this happens: ta@pythia ~/openwrt $ make kernel_menuconfig ... make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ta/openwrt/target/linux' make[2]: Entering directory '/home/ta/openwrt/target/linux/ipq806x' rm -f /home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134/.config.prev rm -f /home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134/.configured /home/ta/openwrt/scripts/kconfig.pl + /home/ta/openwrt/target/linux/generic/config-4.14 /home/ta/openwrt/target/linux/ipq806x/config-4.14 > /home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134/.config export MAKEFLAGS= ;make -C /home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134 HOSTCFLAGS="-O2 -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes" CROSS_COMPILE="arm-openwrt-linux-muslgnueabi-" ARCH="arm" KBUILD_HAVE_NLS=no KBUILD_BUILD_USER="" KBUILD_BUILD_HOST="" KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="Sat Aug 3 09:29:40 2019" KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION="0" HOST_LOADLIBES="-L/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/lib" CONFIG_SHELL="bash" V='' cmd_syscalls= KERNELRELEASE=4.14.134 CC="arm-openwrt-linux-muslgnueabi-gcc" menuconfig make[3]: Entering directory '/home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134' make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/basic gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/basic/.fixdep.d -O2 -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -o scripts/basic/fixdep scripts/basic/fixdep.c -L/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/lib rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/kconfig menuconfig bash ./scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh -check gcc -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -lncursesw gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/kconfig/.mconf.o.d -O2 -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -c -o scripts/kconfig/mconf.o scripts/kconfig/mconf.c ... gcc -Wp,-MD,scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/.menubox.o.d -O2 -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -I/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/include -I/usr/include/ncursesw -DCURSES_LOC="<curses.h>" -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=1 -DLOCALE -c -o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c gcc -o scripts/kconfig/mconf scripts/kconfig/mconf.o scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o -L/home/ta/openwrt/staging_dir/host/lib -lncursesw /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: undefined reference to symbol 'keypad' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /lib64/libtinfow.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Somehow, kconfig is not linked against libtinfow. Please let me know how I can be of assistance here, I'm still wrapping my head around the code. This is a 4.14 kernel, but 4.19, which different architectures use, fails in a similar manner. Regards, Thomas
