Re: [PATCH] scripts/package/mkdebian: expose KCONFIG_CONFIG to debian/rules

Petr Vorel
2019-03-01T13:33:03Z

Hi,

> If KCONFIG_CONFIG is passed to `make deb-pkg` as a makeflag or
> environment variable, the source tarball produced contains whatever
> specified by that variable instead of the usual `.config'.

> While `make deb-pkg' yields a correct Debian binary package (at least
> on amd64), the generated source package's debian/rules does not pass
> KCONFIG_CONFIG to make(1), thus rendering the source package unable to
> be rebuilt.

> Steps to reproduce the kind of failure being fixed:
> 1) Produce a source and binary package with:
> % KCONFIG_CONFIG=my.config make deb-pkg
> 2) In the parent directory:
> % dpkg-source -x linux-*.dsc
> 3) In the unpacked source directory:
> % debuild -i -us -uc

> Here is an excerpt from an example output of `debuild -i -us -uc':

> make[2]: *** No rule to make target '.config', needed by 'kernel/config_data.gz'. Stop.
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:1043: kernel] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ar/linux-kernel/deb/linux-5.0.0-rc5-tks-gitd6ff78479ec5-57-5.0.0-rc5-tks-gitd6ff78479ec5-57'
> make: *** [debian/rules:4: build] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build subprocess returned exit status 2
> debuild: fatal error at line 1182:
> dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -i failed

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com>

Kind regards,
Petr