Re: Kernel builds now failing

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Jan 16, 2023 17:10:34 Amy Parker <apark0006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:54 AM Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I expect this to be due to a change in make 4.4 that ignores SIGPIPEs [0].
>> So programs called from make will not receive a SIGPIPE when writing to
>> a closed pipe but instead an EPIPE write error.
>> `find` does not seem to handle this.

> Thank you so much for the clarification! I've also seen reports of
> other tools not handling it (such as `yes').

Even bash os affected.

>> This behavior in make is new and I can't find a reasoning for it.
>> It also breaks other softwares builds.
>
> Are you aware of active discussion regarding this on Savannah, or
> should I go and report the effects there?

I got a pointer to the discussion after my first mail:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?63307

It will be fixed in 4.4.1, testing the linked prerelease version would be good.

>> For now you can disable CONFIG_IKHEADERS and the build should work
>> again.
>
> Alright, thanks. Did that, and re-ran my kernel build (allmodconfig).
> All works now.

Nice.

>> [0] make 4.4 was packaged for ArchLinux on 5th of January, so it would
>> fit the timeline.
>
> Yep, running Make 4.4.

Maybe it makes sense to ask for a backport for the fix for the ArchLinux package.




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