QEMU configure script goes into an infinite error printing loop when in read only directory due to 'build' dir never being created.
Checking if 'mkdir dir' succeeds prevents this error. Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/321 Signed-off-by: Dinah Baum <dinahbaum...@gmail.com> --- Changes since v2: Updated error message Reverted changes to 'help' command configure | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 00415f0b48..784f9d18a5 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ then fi fi - mkdir build + if ! mkdir build || ! touch $MARKER + then + echo "ERROR: Could not create ./build directory. Check the permissions on + your source directory, or try doing an out-of-tree build." + exit 1 + fi touch $MARKER cat > GNUmakefile <<'EOF' -- 2.30.2
