On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 12:35:04PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
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> > > +$(error bash is required to build the kernel)
> > > +endif
> > > +SHELL := $(CONFIG_SHELL)
> >
> > here is policy to have `bash' introduced, so due to original
> > issue, where `root' users ended with removed /dev/null, may policy to have
> > `non root' user to build kernel be added? Thus
>
> I doubt gentoo user will like you for that and above is more a de facto
> requirement that bash is needed for kbuild. The alternative is to
> introduce a new policy that everything is POSIX clean.
Bad thing is, that `man bash' has no clean line between `sh' and
bash-specific features. POSIX it or `common practice' doesn't matter,
one just must try to test shell scripts with `busybox' or any other `sh'
compatible shell.
> > this:
> > > + rm -f "$$TMP")
> >
> > may be removed, and to make TMP=/dev/null? And to forget currently about
> > my silly symlinks, and this crappy sets of output files?
>
> This still wouldn't work, as these tests are also done when running 'make
> install'.
and/or "make modules_install", and this must be fixed: to have only one
configuration-run. And then to use its results.
> > > -as-instr = $(call checker-shell,\
> > > - printf "$(1)" | $(CC) $(AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o $$OUT -,$(2),$(3))
> >
> > `printf $(1)' is pretty enough.
>
> As Andreas suggested 'printf "%b" "$(1)"' would be the other alternative.
It will not help against single double quote in $(1)
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