Re: 32-rc1: "CROSS_COMPILE changed" message breaks compilation

Pavel Machek
2009-09-28T19:25:40Z

Hi!

> > After update to 2.6.32-rc1, I'm getting
> >
> > "Makefile:197: *** CROSS_COMPILE changed from "ccache" to to "ccache ". Use "make mrproper" to fix it up. Stop.
> >
> > Note that the message has typo in it ("to to")... What is worse, the
> > message triggers even when I try to run make mrproper. Ouch.
>
> The massage is changed in kbuild-fixes.git - but it addresses only ARCH=
>
> As a followup to your other mails:
> The reason to use "make mrproper" is that when ARCH or CROSS_COMPILE changes
> you have generally either decided to build for a new architecture or
> you have changed the way you build the kernel (new toolchain or whatever).
> So to clean up using "make mrproper" is perfectly justified.
>
> The target group that uses CROSS_COMPILE to enable ccache are using
> CROSS_COMPILE is a way it is not designed for so they should expect that it
> is not a perfect match.

What is the recommended way to run ccache, then?