Something has gone very wrong in your sync -- build/make has existed ever since Android 8 in 2017 (at which point build/core became a symlink to build/make/core). I'd recommend you verify your sync procedures in https://source.android.com/docs/setup/download
- Dan On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM Julian Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to compile Android following the instructions at > https://source.android.com/docs/setup/build/building but running source > build/envsetup.sh in the platform directory always returns "Couldn't locate > the top of the tree. Always source build/envsetup.sh from the root of the > tree." without fail. Trying to run the command from anywhere else just > leads to bash not being able to find envsetup.sh at all, so that's out of > the question. Some digging into the source code reveals that the script is > looking for build/make/core/envsetup.mk but no such file exists in the > entire source tree, only build/core/envsetup.mk so this will always fail. > But I seem to be the only one who cannot compile Android at all, it works > for everyone else despite the file not existing, otherwise this strange > code would've been changed long ago. Is there anything I am doing wrong > running the command? Thanks in advance! > > best regards, > Julian > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Android > Building" mailing list. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-building?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Building" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-building/da48daf2-a5ff-4785-8868-7b44d1ed920bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-building/da48daf2-a5ff-4785-8868-7b44d1ed920bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Android Building" mailing list. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-building?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Building" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-building/CALQgHdnxtMhLEJm9bm%3DccnZH%3DqXC%3DvYd27g-_dk1CKVnx7xM%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com.
