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> Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> --- configure | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index cf6db3d551..1ef3e7f77d 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" + echo "your source directory, or try doing an out-of-tree build." + exit 1 + fi touch $MARKER cat > GNUmakefile <<'EOF' -- 2.30.2
