When making the docs, the top-level Makefile unconditionally chmod's three scripts. Under BitKeeper, things are normally left read-only and the above mode change is flagged as an error in subsequent BK operations. BK is can and does track file modes, so BK users can: bk chmod +x scripts/docgen scripts/gen-all-syms scripts/kernel-doc (bk commit) The following patch will not harm BK users and behave as always for others. ===== Makefile 1.37 vs edited ===== --- 1.37/Makefile Fri Nov 17 04:47:41 2000 +++ edited/Makefile Mon Dec 4 16:15:16 2000 @@ -423,9 +423,15 @@ sync sgmldocs: - chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen - chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/gen-all-syms - chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/kernel-doc + if [ ! -x $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen ]; then \ + chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/docgen ; \ + fi ; + if [ ! -x $(TOPDIR)/scripts/gen-all-syms ]; then \ + chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/gen-all-syms ; \ + fi + if [ ! -x $(TOPDIR)/scripts/kernel-doc ]; then \ + chmod 755 $(TOPDIR)/scripts/kernel-doc ; \ + fi $(MAKE) -C $(TOPDIR)/Documentation/DocBook books psdocs: sgmldocs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/