Re: 'make headers_check' failed to install headers to arbitrary location

[Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov@emcraft.com>]

Hello Arnd,

Thanks, but it doesn't help. The same error.

This is actually not a perl error, but the shell's
passing a list of files with added $(install) prefix.

Regards,
Sergei

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 14 May 2009, Sergei Poselenov wrote:
>>    CHECK   include/linux/tc_ematch (4 files)
>>    CHECK   include/linux/usb (8 files)
>> make[2]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long
>> make[2]: *** 
> 
> Can you try this patch?
> 
> 	Arnd <><
> 
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
> @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ quiet_cmd_remove = REMOVE  $(unwanted)
>        cmd_remove = rm -f $(unwanted-file)
>  
>  quiet_cmd_check = CHECK   $(printdir) ($(words $(all-files)) files)
> -      cmd_check = $(PERL) $< $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include $(SRCARCH) \
> -                  $(addprefix $(install)/, $(all-files));           \
> +      cmd_check = echo $(addprefix $(install)/, $(all-files)) | \
> +		  xargs $(PERL) $< $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include $(SRCARCH) ; \
>  	          touch $@
>  
>  PHONY += __headersinst __headerscheck