On 20/04/23 10:34, Brook Milligan wrote:
I am trying to build an old kernel with build.sh on a recent (9.99.108) amd64
system. However, compiling nbmake fails immediately with errors like
/usr/bin/ld: buf.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `debug_file';
arch.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here
Unless I am doing something silly, it clearly is not possible for a current
system to build old tools and kernels at arbitrary points in time.
What is the best strategy for building old kernels to, for example, bisect the
code?
This problem is only going to get worse as 9.x gets older and more
people use newer hosts.
It occurs to me that we could fix the nbmake source code and release it
as 9.4. It won't fix things for people stuck on 9.[0-3], but it's better
than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Cheers,
Lloyd
