Re: [PATCH] kbuild: allow "make" targets 'versioncheck' and 'includecheck' withoug .config file

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 8/13/21 1:32 AM, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 03:54:42PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Top-level Makefile targets 'versioncheck' and 'includecheck' don't
>> need a configured kernel (i.e., don't need a .config file), so add
>> them the the list of "no-dot-config-targets".
>> This eliminates the 'make' error:
>>
>> ***
>> *** Configuration file ".config" not found!
>> ***
>> *** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
>> *** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
>> ***
>> Makefile:759: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
>> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
>> ---
> 
> I like that change, works for me as expected.  Possibly you might want
> to fix the commit subject typo (withoug -> without).
> 

Yes, I noticed that a few minutes after I sent it, but I guess
that this patch isn't going anywhere.

Thanks.

> 
> 
>> Fixes: I couldn't determine this.
>>
>>   Makefile |    3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> --- linux-next-20210811.orig/Makefile
>> +++ linux-next-20210811/Makefile
>> @@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ no-dot-config-targets := $(clean-targets
>>   			 cscope gtags TAGS tags help% %docs check% coccicheck \
>>   			 $(version_h) headers headers_% archheaders archscripts \
>>   			 %asm-generic kernelversion %src-pkg dt_binding_check \
>> -			 outputmakefile rustfmt rustfmtcheck
>> +			 outputmakefile rustfmt rustfmtcheck \
>> +			 versioncheck includecheck
>>   # Installation targets should not require compiler. Unfortunately, vdso_install
>>   # is an exception where build artifacts may be updated. This must be fixed.
>>   no-compiler-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) install dtbs_install \


-- 
~Randy