Re: [PATCH/BUG] ld/Makefile.am: missing dependency on ldscripts/stamp for e%.c target

Sorry but no

# These all start with e so 'make clean' can find them.
ALL_EMULATION_SOURCES = \
eaix5ppc.c \
eaix5rs6.c \
eaixppc.c \
eaixrs6.c \
ealpha.c \
eelf32simplecpu.c \

and in order to make it works for me I just added mkdir -p ldscripts in
genscripts.h

# Create scripts using different settings of the LD_FLAG variable
mkdir -p ldscripts
LD_FLAG=r

On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM Alan Modra <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 12:51:26PM +0200, A B C wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > While working on adding a new target/architecture to GNU ld, I ran into a
> > build issue where genscripts.sh fails with errors like:
> > Plaintext
> >
> > ../../ld/genscripts.sh: line 322: ldscripts/elf32simplecpu.xr: No such
> > file or directory
> > cat: ldscripts/dyntmp.73640: No such file or directory
> > sed: can't read ldscripts/elf32simplecpu.x: No such file or directory
>
> You neglected to add your new target to ALL_EMULATION_SOURCES, no
> other changes needed.
>
> > *Issue Description:* The failure happens because the ldscripts/ directory
> > does not exist at the time genscripts.sh is executed. Because the output
> > files cannot be created in ldscripts/, the resulting C variables in
> > e${EMULATION_NAME}.c end up empty/corrupted (e.g. generating broken
> > statements like return ; instead of returning the script string), which
> > subsequently fails during C compilation.
> >
> > *Root Cause:* In ld/Makefile.am, the rule responsible for generating
> > emulation C sources:
> > Makefile
> >
> > e%.c:
> >       $(AM_V_GEN)${GENSCRIPTS} $* "$(tdir_$*)"
> >
> > does not explicitly depend on ldscripts/stamp (or $(GEN_DEPENDS)).
> > Consequently, under certain conditions (such as parallel builds with
> make -j
> > or when adding a custom target before running a full re-configuration),
> > Make attempts to run genscripts.sh before the rule creating ldscripts/
> has
> > been executed.
> >
> > *Proposed Fix:* Adding $(GEN_DEPENDS) or ldscripts/stamp as a
> prerequisite
> > for e%.c ensures the destination directory is always created beforehand:
> > Makefile
> >
> > e%.c: $(GEN_DEPENDS)
> >       $(AM_V_GEN)${GENSCRIPTS} $* "$(tdir_$*)"
> >
> > Alternatively, ensuring genscripts.sh implicitly creates ldscripts/
> before
> > attempting file redirections could also prevent this failure.
> >
> > Thanks for your time and for maintaining Binutils!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Daniel
>
> --
> Alan Modra
>