linux-kernel - Re: error: redefinition of ‘shipped_regdb

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:20:22 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: error: redefinition of ‘shipped_regdb_certs’

On Tue 19-12-17 09:36:54, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> > this is the first time I am seeing this with the current Linus
> > tree. 4.15-rc3 compiled fine. I have checked that you have updated the
> > makefile which generates the file by 715a12334764 ("wireless: don't
> > write C files on failures").
> 
> Which introduced the problem - I accidentally put >> redirection there
> instead of just >.

Heh, that wasn't all that hard to spot, I could have tried a bit
harder...

> I just merged a fix for this.
> 
> > I have no idea how the generated file is supposed to work but it seems
> > that the cleanup doesn't work properly.  Compilation succeeds if I
> > remove the file and it is generated again:
> > 
> > $ rm net/wireless/shipped-certs.c
> > [...]
> >   GEN     net/wireless/shipped-certs.c
> >   CC [M]  net/wireless/shipped-certs.o
> > 
> > I have double checked that neither make clean/distclean removed the
> > file.
> 
> I also forgot that, and just fixed it.
> 
> Sorry for all the mess with this.

Thanks a lot!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs