On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 10:29 PM Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I notice a year old bug in bugzilla [1]. As many developers don't > take a look on it, I decided to forward the bug by mail. And > to reach the reporter, you must log in to bugzilla. I believe it was already fixed. See the bug tracker in the ELRepo. https://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=1215 It was a bug in ELRepo (and Fedora as well). Masahiro > > Quoting from the bug report: > > > Christian 2022-04-08 10:44:17 UTC > > > > Symptom: > > > > make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.17.1-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64' > > Makefile:729: target 'include/config/auto.conf' does not exist > > test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \ > > echo >&2; \ > > echo >&2 " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ > > echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ > > echo >&2 " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \ > > echo >&2 ; \ > > /bin/false) > > Makefile:1717: target 'prepare' does not exist > > if [ "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)" != ""gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"" ]; then \ > > echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \ > > echo >&2 " The kernel was built by: "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)""; \ > > echo >&2 " You are using: gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"; \ > > fi > > /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > > /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `if [ "gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)" != ""gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-4)"" ]; then \' > > make[2]: *** [Makefile:1717: prepare] Error 1 > > make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/5.17.1-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64' > > > > > > Note the double double-quotes in the GCC Version comparison ! > > > > This happens to me when I try to compile vmware kernel modules with mainline kernel from elrepo on AlamLinux8. > > > > Since it is coming from the Makefile of the Kernel, I suppose this is the proper upstream tracker to be used. Please advise if not. > > > > > > This is the potion of the Makefile that fails (line 1717..) : > > prepare: > > @if [ "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" != "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" ]; then \ > > echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \ > > echo >&2 " The kernel was built by: $(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \ > > echo >&2 " You are using: $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \ > > fi > > > > > > > > I don't know where CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT is defined. Which apparently contains "...", but shouldn't. > > > > > > To the reporter: It is helpful to try compiling your third-party modules > against latest mainline kernel. > > Thanks. > > [1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215820 > > -- > An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
