Hello Helmut,

Helmut Auer wrote:
> To track this down go to the v4l directory and execute:
> 
> make -n links
> 
> which will show:
> echo creating symbolic links...
> find ../linux/drivers/media -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n 255 ln 
> -sf --target-directory=.
> find ../linux/sound -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n 255 ln -sf 
> --target-directory=.
> find ../linux/drivers/staging -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n 255 
> ln -sf --target-directory=.
> find ../linux/drivers/misc -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n 255 ln 
> -sf --target-directory=.
> 
> execute the find commands to see which one fails for further information use: 
> ln -sfv

All of them fail. Unfortunately adding -v does not provide any
additional information.


find ../linux/drivers/media -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n
255 ln -sfv --target-directory=.
xargs: ln: Zu viele Ebenen aus symbolischen Links


But I found a curious solution.
It works when I echo the xargs output and pipe it into sh.
So this patch resolves my problem:


--- media_build_experimental/v4l/Makefile      2015-10-19
21:59:34.000000000 +0200
+++ media_build_experimental-ml/v4l/Makefile       2015-10-19
22:11:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@

 links::
        @echo creating symbolic links...
-       @find ../linux/drivers/media -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 ln -sf --target-directory=.
-       @find ../linux/sound -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n
255 ln -sf --target-directory=.
-       @find ../linux/drivers/staging -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 ln -sf --target-directory=.
-       @find ../linux/drivers/misc -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 ln -sf --target-directory=.
+       @find ../linux/drivers/media -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 echo ln -sf --target-directory=. | sh
+       @find ../linux/sound -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 | xargs -0n
255 echo ln -sf --target-directory=. | sh
+       @find ../linux/drivers/staging -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 echo ln -sf --target-directory=. | sh
+       @find ../linux/drivers/misc -name '*.[ch]' -type f -print0 |
xargs -0n 255 echo ln -sf --target-directory=. | sh

 config-compat.h:: $(obj)/.version .myconfig scripts/make_config_compat.pl
        perl scripts/make_config_compat.pl $(SRCDIR) $(obj)/.myconfig
$(obj)/config-compat.h


This is strange. Anyhow my VDR is up and running again.
Thanks for providing me a starting point to look at.


Best regards

Matthias

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