Since b8c96a6b466c ("certs: simplify $(srctree)/ handling and remove config_filename macro"), when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY is empty, signing_key.x509 fails to build: CERT certs/signing_key.x509 Usage: extract-cert <source> <dest> make[1]: *** [certs/Makefile:78: certs/signing_key.x509] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:1831: certs] Error 2 Pass "" to the first argument of extract-cert to fix the build error. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20220120094606.2skuyb26yjlnu66q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u Fixes: b8c96a6b466c ("certs: simplify $(srctree)/ handling and remove config_filename macro") Reported-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- certs/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile index 0c459cfd09df..3ea7fe60823f 100644 --- a/certs/Makefile +++ b/certs/Makefile @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ endif $(obj)/system_certificates.o: $(obj)/signing_key.x509 $(obj)/signing_key.x509: $(X509_DEP) $(obj)/extract-cert FORCE - $(call if_changed,extract_certs,$(if $(X509_DEP),$<,$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY))) + $(call if_changed,extract_certs,$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY),$(if $(X509_DEP),$<,$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY)),"")) endif # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG targets += signing_key.x509 -- 2.32.0