linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] localmodconfig: Reset certificate paths

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:48:41 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, joeyli <jlee@...e.com>,
	"Yann E . MORIN " <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] localmodconfig: Reset certificate paths

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:52:01 -0700
Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com> wrote:

> When using `make localmodconfig` and friends, if the input config comes
> from a kernel that was built in a different environment (for example, the
> canonical case of using localmodconfig to trim a distribution kernel
> config) the key files for module signature checking will not be available
> and should be regenerated or omitted. Otherwise, the user will be faced
> with annoying errors when trying to build with the generated .config:
> 
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'keyring.crt', needed by 'certs/x509_certificate_list'.  Stop.
> Makefile:1576: recipe for target 'certs/' failed
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>

Applied, thanks!

-- Steve