Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752298AbXLaQKl (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:10:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755473AbXLaQK1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:10:27 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:34792 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755083AbXLaQKZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:10:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:10:21 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Recursive variable `KBUILD_CFLAGS' references itself (eventually). Message-ID: <20071231161021.GC27655@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Sam Ravnborg , lkml References: <20071120001445.GA9243@redhat.com> <20071231131619.GE21871@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071231131619.GE21871@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1393 Lines: 43 On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 02:16:19PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > Trying to do a 32bit build on a 64bit machine. > > I did.. > > make ARCH=i386 oldconfig > > make ARCH=i386 arch/x86/ > > Walking through my mailbox I found this one. > I did not get similar reports and I cannot reproduce it. > Do you continue to see this or had it been fixed somehow? Still happens for me with the latest tree from git. $ make ARCH=i386 arch/x86/ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h UPD include/linux/utsrelease.h CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh /mnt/raid0/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/Makefile_32:43: *** Recursive variable `KBUILD_CFLAGS' references itself (eventually). Stop. make: *** [arch/x86/] Error 2 > The only way I can see it heppen is that you have lost > the initial assignmnet in top-level Makefile so > make see this as an '=' assinment and not a ':=' > assignment. $ git diff Makefile $ (This tree is completely pristine, no changes at all) Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/