Build error - vmlinux.lds [Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 18]

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 05:38:14PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:50:43PM +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I observe the following build error while building uImage for ARM.
> >>
> >>   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
> >> make[2]: *** No rule to make target
> >> `arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds', needed by
> >> `arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux'.  Stop.
> >> make[1]: *** [arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> >> make: *** [uImage] Error 2
> >
> > Works fine here against an empty object tree:
> >
> > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/build/file.php?lid=9591
> >
> > Are you building into an already-built object tree or rebuilding an
> > already built tree?
> 
> I did a clean build after updating the tree to next-20140618.
> git status show me the following after doing make clean
> 
> # On branch master
> # Changes not staged for commit:
> #   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> #
> #    deleted:    arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> 
> 
> My tip of kernel points to commit 4ca1fbc122fcb ("Add linux-next specific
> files for 20140618")
> 
> >
> > This is likely caused by make getting confused over the dependencies.
> > I suggest making clean to recover from this error.
> 
> I get this error when I do a clean build too.

Hmm.  Please try removing vmlinux.lds.S from extra-y in
arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile and restoring the deleted file.

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