From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751244AbWGGUhT (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:37:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751246AbWGGUhT (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:37:19 -0400 Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:8601 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751244AbWGGUhR (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:37:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:36:58 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Bob Tracy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1 build error (YACC): followup Message-ID: <20060707203658.GA16217@mars.ravnborg.org> References: <20060707202442.DA2AFDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060707202442.DA2AFDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 03:24:42PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > I wrote: > >$YACC now seems to be undefined when I do a "make bzImage" and the > >build process gets to drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm (with the aic7xxx > >driver configured as a built-in). As a workaround, it's possible to > >"cd" into the indicated directory and run "make" directly. Once the > >default build completes, restarting "make bzImage" from the kernel > >source root continues as expected. > > Found it. The main "Makefile" has "MAKEFLAGS += -rR" uncommented as > of 2.6.18-rc1. The deleted comment about "possibly random breakage" > that used to be just above that line pretty much says it all :-). Translated: aic7xxx must supply its own definition of YACC or we should put it in the top-level Makefile. kbuild no longer rely on the predefined variables in make. Sam