Re: 4.14.27: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel"

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Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:31:16AM +0100, Rainer Fiebig wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> When building 4.14.27 I got the a/m message. Same for 4.16-rc5.
>> Building the kernel is OK, however. Same for Spectre- ect. mitigation.
>>
>> As I'm not sure whether this is a bug or a feature (and where to get libelf-devel from), any hint would be welcome.
> 
> It should be part of your Linux distribution, the help message says the
> major different forms it is called, have you tried searching for those?
> 
> What Linux distro do you use?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

Problem solved.

It seems that with elfutils-0.170 none of the "dev*"-libs is necessary.

After actually installing said version, kernels compile without the message.
Perhaps it's the new libelf or that now the headers are installed?

Whatever. Thanks for your time!

Rainer Fiebig

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