linux-kernel - Re: Problem with checkpatch.pl (commit f5f613259f3f ("checkpatch: allow not using -f with files that are in git"))

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Message-ID: <f9c354dae2e470e2982ea1e6d850b7380f149c10.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:37:21 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with checkpatch.pl (commit f5f613259f3f ("checkpatch:
 allow not using -f with files that are in git"))

On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 15:59 +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Runnning ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -g HEAD, I get the following error:
> 
> Global symbol "$gitroot" requires explicit package name at ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 980.
> Execution of ./scripts/checkpatch.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
> 
> Reverting commit f5f613259f3f ("checkpatch: allow not using -f with files that are in git") clears 
> the problem.
> 
> Christophe

Thanks for the report.

The problem depended on another patch in -next
that was not send.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/c5e23b45562373d632fccb8bc04e563abba4dd1d.camel@perches.com/