linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Force gzip and xz on module install

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Message-ID: <55AFBB21.7020901@suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:47:45 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Force gzip and xz on module install

Dne 7.7.2015 v 20:26 Jason A. Donenfeld napsal(a):
> Running `make modules_install` ordinarily will overwrite existing
> modules. This is the desired behavior, and is how pretty much every
> other `make install` target works.
> 
> However, if CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS is enabled, modules are passed
> through gzip and xz which then do the file writing. Both gzip and xz
> will error out if the file already exists, unless -f is passed.
> 
> This patch adds -f so that the behavior is uniform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

Applied to kbuild.git#rc-fixes.

Michal

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