linux-kernel - Re: please revert commit ce8556cca6 "kbuild: verify that $DEPMOD is installed" introduced in v4.18.4.

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Date:   Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:39:52 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>,
        lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi, lucas.de.marchi@...il.com,
        michal.lkml@...kovi.net, jeyu@...nel.org, cwhuang@...ux.org.tw,
        "3.8+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Discussions about the Letux Kernel 
        <letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: please revert commit ce8556cca6 "kbuild: verify that $DEPMOD is
 installed" introduced in v4.18.4.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 4:35 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On 08/22/2018 11:53 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> > This patch requires that /sbin/depmod is installed and installable on
> > the build host.
> >
> > But not all build hosts for cross compiling Linux are Linux systems
> > and are able to provide a working port of depmod, especially at the
> > file patch /sbin/depmod.
> >
> > I use, for example, a Darwin system to cross compile Linux and I run
> > depmod -a on the embedded system once, after installing a new Linux
> > kernel there.
> >
> > I have no problem with seeing a warning, but aborting the build process
> > is IMHO a bad idea since the previous behaviour didn't harm many people
> > as far as I see. Probably 99% of people compiling Linux kernels do that
> > on Linux and 99% of those have depmod installed for optimal operation of
> > their build host. So IMHO printing the warning is good enough.
>
> Thanks for the report and sorry about the problem.
>
> I'm OK with changing the error to a warning.
> Does the patch below work for you?

Why would one want a warning on a host that never runs "make modules_install"?
Can this check be only done when we actually try to install modules?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry