I just tried to compile kernel 5.4-rc1 on my ThinkPad, which runs Devuan Beowulf. Got the following:
$ make bindeb-pkg UPD include/config/kernel.release sh ./scripts/package/mkdebian dpkg-buildpackage -r"fakeroot -u" -a$(cat debian/arch) -b -nc -uc dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package linux-5.4.0-rc1-00014-gcc3a7bfe62b9 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 5.4.0-rc1-00014-gcc3a7bfe62b9-1 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution beowulf dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Harald Arnesen <[email protected]> dpkg-architecture: warning: specified GNU system type x86_64-linux-gnu does not match CC system type x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, try setting a correct CC environment variable dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build . dpkg-source: warning: can't parse dependency -n libelf-dev dpkg-source: error: error occurred while parsing Build-Depends dpkg-buildpackage: error: dpkg-source --before-build . subprocess returned exit status 255 make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:83: bindeb-pkg] Error 255 make: *** [Makefile:1448: bindeb-pkg] Error 2 Bisecting gives me 858805b336be1cabb3d9033adaa3676574d12e37 is the first bad commit commit 858805b336be1cabb3d9033adaa3676574d12e37 Author: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> Date: Sun Aug 25 22:28:37 2019 +0900 ... By reverting commit 858805b336be1cabb3d9033adaa3676574d12e37 I could compile the kernel. -- Hilsen Harald
