Problem with backports git repo

Problem with backports git repo

[Larry Finger]

Luis,

I just used 'git clone' to get a fresh copy of the repo. When I try 'make 
menuconfig', I get the following error:

finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport> make menuconfig
Generating local configuration database from kernel ...grep: .local-symbols: No 
such file or directory
  done.
Makefile.real:1: versions: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `versions'.  Stop.
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport>

I have a copy of file 'versions' from a v3.10-rc1 tarball. When I copy that to 
backport/, then that message is fixed. I think file versions needs to be added 
to the repo.

After copying the file, I now get

finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport> make menuconfig
Kconfig:27: can't open file "net/wireless/Kconfig"
make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport>

I have not yet figured out how to fix this one. My kernel source tree is good, 
and Kconfig matches the one in the tarball.

Thanks,

Larry

Re: Problem with backports git repo

[Johannes Berg]

Hi Larry,

> I just used 'git clone' to get a fresh copy of the repo. When I try 'make 
> menuconfig', I get the following error:
> 
> finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport> make menuconfig

The docs haven't been updated, but this is just the skeleton, you're not
supposed to run anything in there. Go to the top-level first, and run

./gentree.py /path/to/linux-next /tmp/output

then in /tmp/output you can run the make/menuconfig whatever. The
versions file and some others are auto-generated.

johannes

Re: Problem with backports git repo

[Johannes Berg]

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 21:25 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> 
> > I just used 'git clone' to get a fresh copy of the repo. When I try 'make 
> > menuconfig', I get the following error:
> > 
> > finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport> make menuconfig
> 
> The docs haven't been updated, but this is just the skeleton, you're not
> supposed to run anything in there. Go to the top-level first, and run

Oh, n/m me, it seems this was just an accidental resend of your previous
mail?

johannes

Re: Problem with backports git repo

[Larry Finger]

On 05/28/2013 02:43 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 21:25 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>>> I just used 'git clone' to get a fresh copy of the repo. When I try 'make
>>> menuconfig', I get the following error:
>>>
>>> finger@larrylap:~/backports/backport> make menuconfig
>>
>> The docs haven't been updated, but this is just the skeleton, you're not
>> supposed to run anything in there. Go to the top-level first, and run
>
> Oh, n/m me, it seems this was just an accidental resend of your previous
> mail?

It was a resend, but I did not include the backports ML and I got no response.

Thanks for your input. I was able to build just file.

Larry