On 08/18/2018 05:48 PM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Is CLANG required for building now? > > when I did a "make xconfig" (or any make, for that matter), I get: > >> make xconfig > scripts/kconfig/qconf Kconfig > invocation line: ./scripts/clang-version.sh gcc ## debug line I added > ./scripts/clang-version.sh: line 15: ./COPYING: Permission denied > ./scripts/clang-version.sh: line 23: printf: __clang_major__: invalid number > ./scripts/clang-version.sh: line 23: printf: __clang_minor__: invalid number > ./scripts/clang-version.sh: line 23: printf: __clang_patchlevel__: invalid > number > init/Kconfig:24:warning: 'CLANG_VERSION': number is invalid > .config:50:warning: symbol value '00000' invalid for CLANG_VERSION > > The reference to COPYING comes from me running make in the > top dir, where there is a text file named COPYING, however it is > not executable. > > I put in an echo to see what command line the script was being passed, > "gcc"? > > I'm guessing but I don't think the clang script should be getting > called at all. I installed the sources by patching 4.17.0 (done via a > script). > > Are there instructions somewhere for what command(s) to run for patching? > It seems to have changed from using the standard patch program to using > a git version that isn't compatible w/the gnu version. I adapted the > script to the git version and that's seemed to work since I did > the change. But with 4.18.0, I am uncertain if it is working correctly. > > If the above was the only problem, I'd be less concerned, but > scripts run after the main build to build external modules failed. > It seems unlikely the two problems are related, but I wanted to fix > this first before going on to the compile-fails. > > Please Cc me, as I'm not currently on the list. > > Thanks, > Linda W. >
Looks like this patch should fix it: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kbuild&m=153447099313149&w=2 -- ~Randy
