Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Inform user to pass ARCH= for make mrproper

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:26 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When cross-compiling an out-of-tree build with an unclean source tree
> directory, the build fails with:
>
>   /path/to/kernel/source/tree is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
>   in the '/path/to/kernel/source/tree' directory.
>
> However, doing so does not fix the problem, as "make mrproper" now
> requires passing the target architecture to the make command, else it
> won't remove $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated.
> "git ls-files -o" doesn't give a clue, as it doesn't list (empty)
> directories, only files.
>
> Improve usability by including the ARCH= option in the error output.
>
> Fixes: a788b2ed81abeb94 ("kbuild: check arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated before out-of-tree build")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada