linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 01/38] kbuild: dont hardcode depmod path

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:00:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 01/38] kbuild: dont hardcode depmod path

From: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>

commit 436e980e2ed526832de822cbf13c317a458b78e1 upstream.

depmod is not guaranteed to be in /sbin, just let make look for
it in the path like all the other invoked programs

Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 Makefile |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
 AWK		= awk
 GENKSYMS	= scripts/genksyms/genksyms
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 CHECK		= sparse