This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled scripts/package/Makefile: rpmbuild add support of RPMOPTS to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: scripts-package-makefile-rpmbuild-add-support-of-rpmopts.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 65a9f31c5042e5bb50d30ed8ae374044be561054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 20:09:52 -0700 Subject: scripts/package/Makefile: rpmbuild add support of RPMOPTS From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 65a9f31c5042e5bb50d30ed8ae374044be561054 upstream. After commit 21a59991ce0c ("scripts/package/Makefile: rpmbuild is needed for rpm targets"), it is no longer possible to specify RPMOPTS. For example, we can no longer able to control _topdir using the following make command. make RPMOPTS="--define '_topdir /home/xyz/workspace/'" binrpm-pkg Fixes: 21a59991ce0c ("scripts/package/Makefile: rpmbuild is needed for rpm targets") Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/package/Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/package/Makefile +++ b/scripts/package/Makefile @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rpm-pkg rpm: FORCE $(call cmd,src_tar,$(KERNELPATH),kernel.spec) $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkversion > $(objtree)/.tmp_version mv -f $(objtree)/.tmp_version $(objtree)/.version - rpmbuild --target $(UTS_MACHINE) -ta $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz + rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --target $(UTS_MACHINE) -ta $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz rm $(KERNELPATH).tar.gz kernel.spec # binrpm-pkg @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ binrpm-pkg: FORCE $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkversion > $(objtree)/.tmp_version mv -f $(objtree)/.tmp_version $(objtree)/.version - rpmbuild --define "_builddir $(objtree)" --target \ + rpmbuild $(RPMOPTS) --define "_builddir $(objtree)" --target \ $(UTS_MACHINE) -bb $(objtree)/binkernel.spec rm binkernel.spec Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/scripts-package-makefile-rpmbuild-add-support-of-rpmopts.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html