From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753545AbZI0IiU (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:38:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753353AbZI0IiT (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:38:19 -0400 Received: from [195.41.46.235] ([195.41.46.235]:47407 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753336AbZI0IiT (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:38:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:17 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Alek Du Cc: Kernel Mailing List , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Fix size_append issue for bzip2/lzma kernel Message-ID: <20090927083817.GA10177@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <20090819173854.2250758f@dxy.sh.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090819173854.2250758f@dxy.sh.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:54PM +0800, Alek Du wrote: > From 6d755cbd7a136a4314f6976275aaa6c9d10bf3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Alek Du > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:18:39 +0800 > Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: Fix size_append issue for bzip2/lzma kernel > > The Makefile.lib will call "echo -ne" to append uncompressed kernel size to > bzip2/lzma kernel image. The "echo" here depends on the shell that /bin/sh pointing > to. On Ubuntu system, the /bin/sh is pointing to dash, which does not support > "echo -e" at all. Use /bin/echo instead of shell echo should always be safe. > > Signed-off-by: Alek Du Applied.