Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/uboot-tools: fix host build without FIT support

On 29/07/2026 22:52, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2026, Julien Olivain wrote:
> 
>> Commit [1] "package/uboot-tools: fix host FIT signature support"
>> slightly changed the logic in which the file
>> $(@D)/include/generated/autoconf.h is created.
>> 
>> When there is no Kconfig sub-option selected, the file is no longer
>> created and the build fails with error:
>> 
>>     include/linux/kconfig.h:4:10: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: 
>> No such file or directory
>> 
>> The issue can be reproduced with the with the simple commands:
>> 
>>     cat >.config <<EOF
>>     BR2_aarch64=y
>>     BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
>>     BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS=y
>>     EOF
>>     make olddefconfig
>>     make host-uboot-tools
>> 
>> This commit fixes the issue by simply adding a touch of the file
>> at the beginning to make sure it will always exist.
>> 
>> [1] 
>> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/928cc5dc5cb82e6f2cb43f853488309eb806ef89
>> 
>> Cc: James Hilliard <[email protected]>
>> Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk 
>> b/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
>> index ef8bcabbd9..8a2877333c 100644
>> --- a/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
>> +++ b/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
>> @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ define HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
>>  	echo "#include <linux/kconfig.h>" > $(@D)/include/config.h
>>  	touch $(@D)/include/config/auto.conf
>>  	mkdir -p $(@D)/include/generated
>> +	touch $(@D)/include/generated/autoconf.h
>>  	$(if 
>> $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT),$(UBOOT_TOOLS_ENABLE_HASH_ALGOS))
>>  	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT),echo '#define 
>> CONFIG_TOOLS_FIT_PRINT 1' >> $(@D)/include/generated/autoconf.h)
>>  	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT),echo 
>> '#define CONFIG_TOOLS_IMAGE_PRE_LOAD 1' >> 
>> $(@D)/include/generated/autoconf.h)
>> --
>> 2.55.0
>> 
>   for what little it's worth:
> 
> Tested-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>

Thanks for testing. Applied to master.

Best regards,

Julien.
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