Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:28:34 +0200 | Subject | Re: [3.11-rc7] Building perf-only the "official" way seems to be BROKEN? | From | Sedat Dilek <> |
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> [ BUILD PERF-ONLY ] > > So, I have finished a Linux-kernel build and wanted to build perf > (from tools-dir) ONLY! > > I followed the advices (I am a "good" guy) seen for example in the > "tools/Makefile" file. > > [ tools/Makefile ] > ... > @echo 'You can do:' > @echo ' $$ make -C tools/ <tool>_install' <--- NOTE THIS ONE! > @echo '' > @echo ' from the kernel command line to build and install one of' > @echo ' the tools above' > @echo '' > @echo ' $$ make tools/install' > @echo '' > @echo ' installs all tools.' > ... > > OK, so I did this for a perf-only build... > > > $ LANG=C LC_ALL=C make -C tools/ perf_install 2>&1 | tee ../build-perf.txt > > ...this breaks like this... > > ... > make[2]: Entering directory > `/home/wearefam/src/linux-kernel/linux/tools/lib/traceevent' > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/home/wearefam/src/linux-kernel/linux/tools/lib/traceevent' > LINK perf > gcc: error: /home/wearefam/src/linux-kernel/linux/tools/lib/lk/liblk.a: > No such file or directory > make[1]: *** [perf] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wearefam/src/linux-kernel/linux/tools/perf' > make: *** [perf_install] Error 2 >
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[16:17] <acme> dileks_webchat, there are many, many ways to build the tools [16:17] <acme> the one I use is: [16:17] <acme> make O=/tmp/build/perf -C tools/perf install [16:19] <dileks_webchat> acme: make -C tools/perf install works as expected. interesting :-)
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