[PATCH v2 1/3] perf build: Update error message for BUILD_NONDISTRO=1
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Mon May 04 2026 - 02:29:35 EST
It should say binutils-dev(el) instead of plain binutils package as it's
mostly installed already and can confuse people like me. :)
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Makefile.config | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 333ddd0e4bd814e9..06d7a3f9990ce522 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ ifdef BUILD_NONDISTRO
$(call feature_check,libbfd-liberty-z)
ifneq ($(feature-libbfd-threadsafe), 1)
- $(error binutils 2.42 or later is required for non-distro builds)
+ $(error binutils-dev(el) 2.42 or later is required for non-distro builds)
endif
# we may be on a system that requires -liberty and (maybe) -lz
--
2.53.0