Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 4.16-rc1: regression bisected, Debian kernel package tool make-kpkg stalls indefinitely during kernel build due to commit "kconfig: remove check_stdin()" | From | Woody Suwalski <> | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:00:49 -0500 |
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Sander Eikelenboom wrote: > L.S., > > The Debian kernel-package tool make-kpkg for easy building of upstream kernels on Debian fails with linux 4.16-rc1. > > The tool (perl script) while invoked with: > make-kpkg --initrd --append_to_version -20180212 kernel_image > > On a git tree with a .config from the previous kernel release, so new KConfig questions have to be asked on new or changed options. > > The script stalls indefinitely while it seems to be excuting: > exec make kpkg_version=13.018+nmu1 -f /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk debian APPEND_TO_VERSION=-t440s-20180212 INITRD=YES > > After using ctrl-c to break out it, i get: > ^CFailed to create a ./debian directory: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 970. > > > Bisection turned up as culprit: > commit d2a04648a5dbc3d1d043b35257364f0197d4d868 > kconfig: remove check_stdin() > > Except silentoldconfig, valid_stdin is 1, so check_stdin() is no-op. > > oldconfig and silentoldconfig work almost in the same way except that > the latter generates additional files under include/. Both ask users > for input for new symbols. > > I do not know why only silentoldconfig requires stdio be tty. > > $ rm -f .config; touch .config > $ yes "" | make oldconfig > stdout > $ rm -f .config; touch .config > $ yes "" | make silentoldconfig > stdout > make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1 > make: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2 > $ tail -n 4 stdout > Console input/output is redirected. Run 'make oldconfig' to update configuration. > > scripts/kconfig/Makefile:40: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed > Makefile:507: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed > > Redirection is useful, for example, for testing where we want to give > particular key inputs from a test file, then check the result. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com> > > Reverting this specific commit makes make-kpkg work again as usual. > > Version of the kernel-package used: > ii kernel-package 13.018+nmu1 > > > I also cc'ed the Debian developer who maintains the kernel-package package: Manoj Srivastava > > -- > Sander > I have noticed today the same - the kernel-build blockage was in (as I recall) srcipts/kconfig/conf -s --silentoldconfig Kbuild
I have bypassed it by regenerating the .config "by hand"...
Woody
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