linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Fix size_append issue for bzip2/lzma kernel

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Date:	Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:17 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Alek Du <alek.du@...el.com>
Cc:	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Fix size_append issue for bzip2/lzma kernel

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:38:54PM +0800, Alek Du wrote:
> From 6d755cbd7a136a4314f6976275aaa6c9d10bf3e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alek Du <alek.du@...el.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:18:39 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: Fix size_append issue for bzip2/lzma kernel
> 
> The Makefile.lib will call "echo -ne" to append uncompressed kernel size to
> bzip2/lzma kernel image. The "echo" here depends on the shell that /bin/sh pointing
> to. On Ubuntu system, the /bin/sh is pointing to dash, which does not support
> "echo -e" at all. Use /bin/echo instead of shell echo should always be safe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alek Du <alek.du@...el.com>

Applied.
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