In message <f8bc181b0601030606x3b29ee28q at mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > After a few minutes of dependency creation, I get the following error > "argument list too long": > > scripts/mkdep -- `find > /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/asm > /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4 > _devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/linux > /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/scsi /usr/s > rc/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/net > /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/includ > e/math-emu \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! > -name modversions.h -print` > > .hdepend > scripts/mkdep: argument list too long > make: *** [dep-files] Error 2 > > Can someone help me understand where that comes from?
The error comes from the fact that the find command (the part in `...` above) generates a long list of file names which exceeds some buffer in your shell. > Does it have something to do with the fact that I work under WinXP + Cygwin? Yes. > No need to say that I am a newbie to the Linux world... help me, Wolfgang > :-) I try. Find the statement in the Makefile and use xargs to avoid a long argument list. Something like this might help: --- Makefile.ORIG 2006-01-03 15:15:48.000000000 +0100 +++ Makefile 2006-01-03 15:16:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS $(MAKE) update-modverfile endif - scripts/mkdep -- `find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend + find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print | xargs scripts/mkdep -- > .hdepend scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de The optimum committee has no members. - Norman Augustine