Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:38:54 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc3] kbuild: When checking depmod version, redirect stderr |
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:24:32PM -0700, randy_dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:56:36 -0700 Tom Rini wrote: > > > When running depmod to check for the correct version number, extra > > output we don't need to see, such as "depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not > > implemented" may show up. Redirect stderr to /dev/null as the version > > information that we do care about comes to stdout. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org> > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > --- a/Makefile > > +++ b/Makefile > > @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ modules_install: _modinst_ _modinst_post > > > > .PHONY: _modinst_ > > _modinst_: > > - @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \ > > + @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V 2>/dev/null | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \ > > echo "Warning: you may need to install module-init-tools"; \ > > echo "See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt";\ > > sleep 1; \ > > Well, seeing "QM_MODULES" is a great indicator that someone is using > modutils instead of module-init-tools, so I'd like to see it stay. > IOW, I somewhat disagree with "extra output we don't need to see."
This shows up when building a 2.6 kernel with incorrect tools installed. What shows up when building a 2.6 kernel on a 2.4 machine that's properly setup to do both is "depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/.../modules.dep for writing".
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