Re: [OE-core] [scarthgap][PATCH] Backport 'kernel-devsrc: make tools/Build optional'

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Fri Apr 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM CEST, Calvin Owens via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Backport a patch to fix v6.12+ kernel builds on Scarthgap:
>
>     commit 13e16e5be25f379211c7329fa1462464174c0f2d
>     Author: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>
>     Date:   Wed Nov 6 21:29:17 2024 -0500
>
>     kernel-devsrc: make tools/Build optional
>
>     kernel-devsrc fails to copy files for v6.12+ as the
>     following upstream commit has removed the file tools/build/Build:
>
>        commit ea974028a049f2cea4bb6be963ee3e3844a03f6d
>        Author: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
>        Date:   Mon Jul 15 13:32:43 2024 -0700
>
>            tools build: Avoid circular .fixdep-in.o.cmd issues
>
>     We make the failed copy of this file non-fatal to support
>     all kernel versions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvin@wbinvd.org>
> ---

Hello,

I took this patch but replaced it by a direct cherry-pick of 13e16e5b. I
added you in "Suggested-by:". Ping me if you want to change this
attribution.

Thanks!

>  meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
> index 7724967151..1500aff2e2 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ do_install() {
>              # these are a few files associated with objtool, since we'll need to
>              # rebuild it
>              cp -a --parents tools/build/Build.include $kerneldir/build/
> -            cp -a --parents tools/build/Build $kerneldir/build/
> +            cp -a --parents tools/build/Build $kerneldir/build/ 2>/dev/null || :
>              cp -a --parents tools/build/fixdep.c $kerneldir/build/
>              cp -a --parents tools/scripts/utilities.mak $kerneldir/build/
>  


-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS