[gentoo-user] new kernel problem: ln: when making multiple links...

[gentoo-user] new kernel problem: ln: when making multiple links...

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   I took gentoo-sources and patched it with some realtime-preempt
patches. After building the kernel I now get this message:

flash linux # make modules_install
ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
flash linux #

What does this suggest might have gone wrong?

Thanks,
Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel problem: ln: when making multiple links...

[Zac Medico]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    I took gentoo-sources and patched it with some realtime-preempt
> patches. After building the kernel I now get this message:
> 
> flash linux # make modules_install
> ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory
> make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
> flash linux #
> 
> What does this suggest might have gone wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 

In the Makefile does EXTRAVERSION start with "-"?  That was the first result of a google search [1] ;-P

Zac

[1] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=modules_install+%22ln%3A+when+making+multiple+links%2C+last+argument+must+be+a+directory%22
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Re: [gentoo-user] new kernel problem: ln: when making multiple links...

[Mark Knecht]

On 7/7/05, Zac Medico <zmedico@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Hi,
> >    I took gentoo-sources and patched it with some realtime-preempt
> > patches. After building the kernel I now get this message:
> >
> > flash linux # make modules_install
> > ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory
> > make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
> > flash linux #
> >
> > What does this suggest might have gone wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> 
> In the Makefile does EXTRAVERSION start with "-"?  That was the first result of a google search [1] ;-P
> 
> Zac
> 
> [1] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=modules_install+%22ln%3A+when+making+multiple+links%2C+last+argument+must+be+a+directory%22
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> 

Hi Zac,
   It does in fact start with a "-":

VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 12
EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r3-RT-V0.7.51-11
NAME=Woozy Numbat

I found the same link yesterday but I thought I was doing that part
right. I checked it against a working Gentoo kernel and things looked
similar.

VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 11
EXTRAVERSION = -gentoo-r11
NAME=Woozy Beaver

I also tried the string using underscores instead of periods but that
didn't change anything about the message.

I think it must be something about the way the patch file changes the
Make file. I'll look there next.

Thanks,
Mark

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