On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:25:49 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:19:46 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Changes since next-20080829: > > When using patch tarballs and applying that to kernel bases, > scripts/recordmcount.pl fails because it is not executable. > (Yes, I know, using the git would/should fix this.) > > Is there any way to make (new) scripts executable when using > tarballs? > > I'll handle it on a case-by-case basis for now. > I did this: From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h CC scripts/mod/empty.o /bin/sh: /usr/src/25/scripts/recordmcount.pl: Permission denied We shouldn't assume that files have their `x' bits set. There are various ways in which file permissions get lost, including use of patch(1). It might not be correct to assume that perl lives in $PATH? Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/Makefile.build | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/Makefile.build~kbuild-ftrace-dont-assume-that-scripts-recordmcountpl-is-executable scripts/Makefile.build --- a/scripts/Makefile.build~kbuild-ftrace-dont-assume-that-scripts-recordmcountpl-is-executable +++ a/scripts/Makefile.build @@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ cmd_modversions = \ endif ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD -cmd_record_mcount = $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \ - "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" "$(@)"; +cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl \ + "$(ARCH)" "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" \ + "$(MV)" "$(@)"; endif define rule_cc_o_c _ but I haven't been able to interest anyone in the patch yet. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
