1) upgrade to latest "stable" automake-1.9.5 2) cd /usr/src/linux 3) make "whatever", the following error occurs: komodohome src/linux# make menuconfig Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make mrproper Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make clean Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make distclean Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make && make modules_install Missing }. komodohome src/linux# pwd /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc3 komodohome src/linux# ls -l /usr/src total 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 6 00:16 linux -> linux-2.6.12-rc3 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 632 May 6 00:16 linux-2.6.12-rc3 komodohome src/linux# uname -a Linux komodohome 2.6.12-rc3 #1 Thu Apr 21 20:39:45 CDT 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux komodohome src/linux# grep automake-1.9.5 /var/log/emerge.log 1115354192: >>> emerge (1 of 5) sys-devel/automake-1.9.5 to / 1115354192: === (1 of 5) Cleaning (sys-devel/automake-1.9.5::/usr/portage/sys-devel/automake/automake-1.9.5.ebuild) 1115354193: === (1 of 5) Compiling/Merging (sys-devel/automake-1.9.5::/usr/portage/sys-devel/automake/automake-1.9.5.ebuild) 1115354223: === (1 of 5) Post-Build Cleaning (sys-devel/automake-1.9.5::/usr/portage/sys-devel/automake/automake-1.9.5.ebuild) 1115354239: ::: completed emerge (1 of 5) sys-devel/automake-1.9.5 to / komodohome src/linux# date Fri May 6 00:20:03 CDT 2005 komodohome src/linux# ..so you see i've been using that kernel for a while and today i went to check something after i upgraded to automake-1.9.5 and it stopped working. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: See above Actual Results: make complains about "Missing }." Expected Results: should run the particular make command I type Downgrade to automake-1.9.4 and mark automake-1.9.5 hard masked until someone fixes it.
ok not good.. something is really broken badly ..just downgraded to the previous version of automake-1.9.4 and I still can't make "anything" in /usr/src/linux
just emerged: [ebuild N ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r7 -build -doc +symlink (-ultra1) 242 kB komodohome /usr/src# ls -l total 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 May 6 00:30 linux -> linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r7 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 632 May 6 00:30 linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r7 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 632 May 6 00:28 linux-2.6.12-rc3 komodohome /usr/src# cd linux komodohome src/linux# make mrproper Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make menuconfig Missing }. komodohome src/linux# ..help me!
komodohome /usr/src# wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.11.8.tar.bz2 --00:44:46-- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.11.8.tar.bz2 => `linux-2.6.11.8.tar.bz2' Resolving kernel.org... 204.152.191.37, 204.152.191.5 Connecting to kernel.org[204.152.191.37]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 37,117,402 [application/x-bzip2] 100%[================================================================================================================>] 37,117,402 483.81K/s ETA 00:00 00:46:02 (482.32 KB/s) - `linux-2.6.11.8.tar.bz2' saved [37117402/37117402] komodohome /usr/src# tar xfj linux-2.6.11.8.tar.bz2 komodohome /usr/src# rm linux komodohome /usr/src# ln -s linux-2.6.11.8 linux komodohome /usr/src# cd linux komodohome src/linux# make mrproper Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make menuconfig Missing }. komodohome src/linux# make clean Missing }. komodohome src/linux# pwd /usr/src/linux-2.6.11.8 /me runs around like a chicken with its head cut off
Just as a small test i tried emerge bind-tools and it worked without any problems. So make for everything else seems to be working.
run `strace -o out make` and post the 'out' as an attachment
I use tcsh so i just typed "bash", cd/usr/src/linux, and make help and it worked. I think something broke tcsh-6.13-r1. Upgrading to tcsh-6.14 fixed the problem.
I can't recreate the error. I downgraded to tcsh-6.13-r1, tried make it worked. Make in /usr/src/linux also worked after I did emerge -C automake so this was never a problem with the automake. Some other package broke tcsh and I have no clue what might have caused that. It seems just re-emerging tcsh-6.13-r1 would probably have fixed it also (no upgrade to tcsh-6.14 necessary).
