On 13/02/18 05:09, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > 2018-02-13 12:00 GMT+09:00 Woody Suwalski <terraluna...@gmail.com>: >> Sander Eikelenboom wrote: >>> >>> L.S., >>> >>> The Debian kernel-package tool make-kpkg for easy building of upstream >>> kernels on Debian fails with linux 4.16-rc1. >>> >>> The tool (perl script) while invoked with: >>> make-kpkg --initrd --append_to_version -20180212 kernel_image >>> >>> On a git tree with a .config from the previous kernel release, so new >>> KConfig questions have to be asked on new or changed options. >>> >>> The script stalls indefinitely while it seems to be excuting: >>> exec make kpkg_version=13.018+nmu1 -f >>> /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian >>> APPEND_TO_VERSION=-t440s-20180212 INITRD=YES >>> >>> After using ctrl-c to break out it, i get: >>> ^CFailed to create a ./debian directory: No such file or directory at >>> /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 970. >>> >>> Bisection turned up as culprit: >>> commit d2a04648a5dbc3d1d043b35257364f0197d4d868 >>> kconfig: remove check_stdin() >>> Except silentoldconfig, valid_stdin is 1, so check_stdin() is >>> no-op. >>> oldconfig and silentoldconfig work almost in the same way except >>> that >>> the latter generates additional files under include/. Both ask users >>> for input for new symbols. >>> I do not know why only silentoldconfig requires stdio be tty. >>> $ rm -f .config; touch .config >>> $ yes "" | make oldconfig > stdout >>> $ rm -f .config; touch .config >>> $ yes "" | make silentoldconfig > stdout >>> make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1 >>> make: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2 >>> $ tail -n 4 stdout >>> Console input/output is redirected. Run 'make oldconfig' to update >>> configuration. >>> scripts/kconfig/Makefile:40: recipe for target >>> 'silentoldconfig' failed >>> Makefile:507: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed >>> Redirection is useful, for example, for testing where we want to >>> give >>> particular key inputs from a test file, then check the result. >>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com> >>> Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfali...@gmail.com> >>> >>> Reverting this specific commit makes make-kpkg work again as usual. >>> >>> Version of the kernel-package used: >>> ii kernel-package >>> 13.018+nmu1 >>> >>> >>> I also cc'ed the Debian developer who maintains the kernel-package >>> package: Manoj Srivastava >>> >>> -- >>> Sander >>> >> I have noticed today the same - the kernel-build blockage was in (as I >> recall) >> srcipts/kconfig/conf -s --silentoldconfig Kbuild >> >> I have bypassed it by regenerating the .config "by hand"... > > > silentoldconfig asks you values for new symbols. > So, you must answer questions to proceed.
I know, but it stalls before asking the questions. > > How does 'make-kpkg' handle silentoldconfig? > > Re-direct stdio, then make it forcibly fail? I don't know, it is a bunch of perl and shell scripts that gets invoked, not the most easy to comprehend if you are not familiar with them. I'm just a user of the tool. So i would have to defer that question to the Debian package maintainer, hopefully he will chime in. -- Sander > > >
