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

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:36:54 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: error: redefinition of
 ‘shipped_regdb_certs’

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 >.

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.

johannes