When the kernel path contains a space or a colon somewhere in the path name, the modules_install target doesn't work anymore, as the path names are not enclosed in double quotes. It is also supposed that and O= build will suffer from the same weakness as modules_install.
Instead of checking and improving kbuild to resist to directories including these characters, error out early to prevent any build if the kernel's main directory contains a space. Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarz...@free.fr> --- Since v1: add colon check as requested by Michal. --- Makefile | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 916b26e999d8..42e01dab13e7 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ _all: # Cancel implicit rules on top Makefile $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ; +ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(CURDIR))), 1) + $(error main directory cannot contain spaces nor colons) +endif + ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables # check that the output directory actually exists -- 2.1.4
