Re: [PATCH rebased] kbuild: rpm-pkg: Fix build with non-default MODLIB

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 5:52 PM Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 05:31:02PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 12:49 AM Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > The default MODLIB value is composed of two variables and the hardcoded
> > > string '/lib/modules/'.
> > >
> > > MODLIB = $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)
> > >
> > > Defining this middle part as a variable was rejected on the basis that
> > > users can pass the whole MODLIB to make, such as
> >
> >
> > In other words, do you want to say
> >
> > "If defining this middle part as a variable had been accepted,
> > this patch would have been unneeded." ?
>
> If it were accepted I would not have to guess what the middle part is,
> and could use the variable that unambiguosly defines it instead.


How?

scripts/package/kernel.spec hardcodes 'lib/modules'
in a couple of places.

I am asking how to derive the module path.




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Masahiro Yamada