Re: dkms: Build with an alternative like compiler rather than gcc
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:43 PM, <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sedat Dilek [mailto:sedat.dilek@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 9:41 AM
>> To: Limonciello, Mario
>> Cc: pere@hungry.com; dapal@debian.org; aron@debian.org;
>> iuculano@debian.org; pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org; debian-
>> kernel@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: dkms: Build with an alternative like compiler rather than gcc
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:37 PM, <Mario.Limonciello@dell.com> wrote:
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Petter Reinholdtsen [mailto:pere@hungry.com]
>> >> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 9:32 AM
>> >> To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com; David Paleino; Aron Xu; Limonciello, Mario;
>> Giuseppe
>> >> Iuculano
>> >> Cc: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team; debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
>> >> Subject: Re: dkms: Build with an alternative like compiler rather than gcc
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> [Sedat Dilek]
>> >> > As a workaround I have symlinked my mycompiler wrapper-script to
>> >> > /usr/bin/gcc. That works.
>> >> >
>> >> > What is the recommended way to do this correctly?
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps you should use dpkg-divert to ensure your replaced gcc is not
>> >> lost in a future package upgrade?
>> >>
>> >> The DKMS team in Debian need active members. I'm not one of them. :(
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >
>> > I think this is an upstream problem not at all specific to Debian's implementation.
>> > I would recommend to bring this discussion upstream to get it fixed there.
>> >
>> > I believe DKMS unsets CC before starting build, but maybe that's wrong to do
>> > in this instance.
>> >
>>
>> Personally, I do not think it is an upstream problem.
>> Unsetting CC before DKMS starts the build would explain the behaviour/handling.
>>
>
[ Removing wrong debian's dkms maintainer list ]
> How exactly does clang get used by kernel build? It's by setting CC variable right?
> You can try to remove this line to see if it fixes the problem (it should).
> https://github.com/dell/dkms/blob/master/dkms#L3515
>
I have an own script which uses bindeb-pkg make-target from Linus tree.
OK, that line looks like the culprit.
Anyway, I need a flexible handling when using different compilers - for me.
> The question would be where that variable should be ignored and where it shouldn't.
> Which I believe is an upstream discussion not a Debian discussion.
I agree.
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