make errors (make clean, make menuconfig) make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig

make errors (make clean, make menuconfig) make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig

[Georg Prenner]

Hi

I am having a problem when executing "make menuconfig" on my fresh 
extracted 2.6.10 kernel.

The error message is like this:

make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
I can only stop this neverending message with Strg+C and then it goes on 
like this:
make[85]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
make[84]: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
make[84]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[84]: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
make[83]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
make[82]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
make[81]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
..
.
.

All other Versions of Kernels work perfectly, I use Make 3.80, and my 
distro is slackware 10.0.

Please help me i can't find anything usefull on the WEB.

THANKS

georg.prenner@aon.at

Re: make errors (make clean, make menuconfig) make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 10:53:54PM +0100, Georg Prenner wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am having a problem when executing "make menuconfig" on my fresh 
> extracted 2.6.10 kernel.
> 
> The error message is like this:
> 
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> I can only stop this neverending message with Strg+C and then it goes on 
> like this:
> make[85]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
> make[84]: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
> make[84]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[84]: *** wait: No child processes.  Stop.
> make[83]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
> make[82]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
> make[81]: *** [menuconfig] Interrupt
> ..
> .
> .
> 
> All other Versions of Kernels work perfectly, I use Make 3.80, and my 
> distro is slackware 10.0.
> 
> Please help me i can't find anything usefull on the WEB.

Try executing make in the directory where you extract the source -
and not in the symlinked directory.

You need to untar the source first because kbuild has overwritten
your Makefile.

	Sam

Re: make errors (make clean, make menuconfig) make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:48:33PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > I am having a problem when executing "make menuconfig" on my fresh 
> > extracted 2.6.10 kernel.
> > 
> > The error message is like this:
> > 
> > make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> > make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> > make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
> > make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig
...

It is the following code snippet that causes the troubles:
---
outputmakefile:
        $(Q)if /usr/bin/env test ! $(srctree) -ef $(objtree); then \
        $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile
---

I've now tried differents way to reproduce the error without luck.
You are the second person reporting this - and I assumed from fitst
poster this was a symlink issue. But I cannot reporduce it here.

One person coul not locate /usr/bin/env - but that did not trigger
anythin renaming that file to something else.

Could you please drop a mail with full log what you do before seeing
this bug.

	Sam

Re: make errors (make clean, make menuconfig) make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10 menuconfig

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 12:19:34AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> ...
> 
> It is the following code snippet that causes the troubles:
> ---
> outputmakefile:
>         $(Q)if /usr/bin/env test ! $(srctree) -ef $(objtree); then \
>         $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile
> ---

env was behaving different in some setups - and located in other places.
Since I cannot remeber why it is there I the fix was simple - remove it.

	Sam

# This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
#
# ChangeSet
#   2004/12/28 19:12:15+01:00 sam@mars.ravnborg.org 
#   kbuild: drop use of /usr/bin/env in top-level Makefile
#   
#   The use of env is not needed, and caused the output makefile to be
#   created in some setups where it was not supposed to.
#   Seems to be an issue with GNU sh-utils version of env.
#   
#   One user also reported env to be located in another place (/usr/local/bin/..).
#   This patch fixes bug: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3953
#   
#   Thanks to "Mark Williams (MWP)" <mwp@internode.on.net> for helping tracking this down.
#   
#   Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
# 
# Makefile
#   2004/12/28 19:11:36+01:00 sam@mars.ravnborg.org +1 -1
#   Drop usage of /usr/bin/env
# 
diff -Nru a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2004-12-29 00:20:21 +01:00
+++ b/Makefile	2004-12-29 00:20:21 +01:00
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 # using a seperate output directory. This allows convinient use
 # of make in output directory
 outputmakefile:
-	$(Q)if /usr/bin/env test ! $(srctree) -ef $(objtree); then \
+	$(Q)if test ! $(srctree) -ef $(objtree); then \
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile              \
 	    $(srctree) $(objtree) $(VERSION) $(PATCHLEVEL)         \
 	    > $(objtree)/Makefile;                                 \