On 2015-06-08 22:19, Jim Davis wrote: > Before rpm release 4.1, in 2002, either the rpm command or the > rpmbuild command could be used in the rpm-pkg or binrpm-pkg targets, > and the Makefile chose the rpm command if the rpmbuild command wasn't > found. > > After release 4.1, however, the rpm command could no longer be used in > place of the rpmbuild command. As the rpmbuild command is not > installed by default, this can lead to failures with the rpm-pkg and > binrpm-pkg targets: > > rpm --define "_builddir ." --target \ > x86_64 -bb ./binkernel.spec > rpm --target: unknown option > scripts/package/Makefile:60: recipe for target 'binrpm-pkg' failed > > Change the Makefile to use rpmbuild unconditionally to avoid this. > > Signed-off-by: Jim Davis <jim.ep...@gmail.com>
I agree that compatibility with rpm < 4.1 is not an issue nowadays and "rpmbuild: command not found" is a lot more informative error message. I applied the patch to kbuild.git#misc. thanks, Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
