Re: [PATCH] kbuild: allow "make" targets 'versioncheck' and 'includecheck' withoug .config file

[Randy Dunlap]

On 8/13/21 1:32 AM, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 03:54:42PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > Top-level Makefile targets 'versioncheck' and 'includecheck' don't
> > need a configured kernel (i.e., don't need a .config file), so add
> > them the the list of "no-dot-config-targets".
> > This eliminates the 'make' error:
> >
> > ***
> > *** Configuration file ".config" not found!
> > ***
> > *** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
> > *** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
> > ***
> > Makefile:759: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
>
> I like that change, works for me as expected.  Possibly you might want
> to fix the commit subject typo (withoug -> without).

Yes, I noticed that a few minutes after I sent it, but I guess
that this patch isn't going anywhere.

Thanks.

> > Fixes: I couldn't determine this.
> >
> >   Makefile |    3 ++-
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > --- linux-next-20210811.orig/Makefile
> > +++ linux-next-20210811/Makefile
> > @@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ no-dot-config-targets := $(clean-targets
> >   			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help% %docs check% coccicheck \
> >   			 $(version_h) headers headers_% archheaders archscripts \
> >   			 %asm-generic kernelversion %src-pkg dt_binding_check \
> > -			 outputmakefile rustfmt rustfmtcheck
> > +			 outputmakefile rustfmt rustfmtcheck \
> > +			 versioncheck includecheck
> >   # Installation targets should not require compiler. Unfortunately, vdso_install
> >   # is an exception where build artifacts may be updated. This must be fixed.
> >   no-compiler-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) install dtbs_install \


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~Randy