Problem building kernel with makepkg

Question

I tried several times building a custom 2.6.8.1 kernel with makepkg and the PKGBUILD file obtained from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … with%20ABS. Unfortionately, the process allways ends with the following error:
ln: when making multiple links, last argument must be a directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...
Is there something wrong with the build file posted on the wiki or am I doing something stupid?

Answer 1

Err... I might have done a small mistake in my previous post.
I didn't try to build the kernel using the Wiki page above.
I've used http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bui … with%20ABS
You can find below the revised PKGBUILD for that page. It might look weird, but it's very functional. It should also work with the stock kernels.
This PKGBUILD includes kernel version/revision autodetection. This helps when you apply patches which change those variables (such as ck, mm etc.). The changes I've made automatically change the package details (pkgname, pkgver, pkgdesc) to reflect the kernel changes.
Please test because I've made some cosmetic changes lately which might have scrambled something around there. If you find it working, please post here and I'll put it in the Wiki page above. Maybe it could also be used as a base for building kernels with the ABS.
Any feedback is welcomed. Enjoy.
# ChangeLog
# v0.3 2004/08/19 - Mircea Ionut Bardac (IceRAM)
# Updated the PKGBUILD for autodetection of the kernel version and kernel revision
# v0.2 2004/07/23 - Wojciech Szlachta
# Modified from official PKGBUILD for kernel26-scsi by judd <[email protected]>
# and from custom PKGBUILD to support multiple installed kernels by jea.
# you can leave kerrev empty if you don't want to name the kernel in any way
kerrev=
pkgname=kernel26
pkgver=2.6.7
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Custom Linux Kernel and modules"
url="http://www.kernel.org"
depends=('module-init-tools')
source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-$pkgver.tar.bz2
config
md5sums=('a74671ea68b0e3c609e8785ed8497c14'
'4da09ca74deafb3c6769b8de895e089b'
getvar() {
old=$(cat Makefile | grep "^$1")
echo $(echo ${old/"$1 ="/} | sed -e "s/[ ]*(.*)[ ]*/1/g")
return 0
build() {
cd $startdir/src/linux-$pkgver
# apply patches here
# patch -p1 < ../patch1
# get rid of the 'i' in i686
carch=`echo $CARCH | sed 's|i||'`
cat ../config | sed "s|#CARCH#|$carch|g" >./.config
# make changes in kernel configuration
make oldconfig || return 1
cp ./.config ../../config.new
#use the following line instead of the 2 lines above for default config
#yes "" | make config || return 1
# set EXTRAVERSION to create unique /lib/modules/ subdirectories
_ker_extraversion=$(getvar "EXTRAVERSION")
# update EXTRAVERSION in the Makefile
_oldline=$(cat Makefile | grep "^EXTRAVERSION")
if [ $kerrev != "" ]; then
_ker_extraversion="$_ker_extraversion-$kerrev"
cat Makefile | sed "s|$_oldline|EXTRAVERSION = $_ker_extraversion|" > tmpMake
mv tmpMake Makefile
fi
kerrev=$_ker_extraversion
kerver=$(getvar "VERSION").$(getvar "PATCHLEVEL").$(getvar "SUBLEVEL")
# update the package information from the kernel Makefile
pkgver=$kerver$(echo $_ker_extraversion | sed -e 's/-/./g')
# removing patches versions from the revision string
_n1=$(expr match $kerrev '([.][0-9]*)')
_n21=$(expr match $q '[.][0-9]*(.*)')
_n2=$(echo $_n21 | sed -e "s/[0-9]*-/-/g")
pkgname=kernel26$_n1$_n2
pkgdesc="Custom Linux Kernel ($kerver) and modules - revision $kerrev / package version: $pkgver build: $pkgrel"
echo "- Package information ----------------"
echo " Package name: $pkgname"
echo " Package version: $pkgver"
echo " Package release: $pkgrel"
echo " Kernel version: $kerver"
echo " Kernel revision: $kerrev"
echo "--------------------------------------"
make clean bzImage modules || return 1
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/{lib/modules,boot}
make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$startdir/pkg modules_install || return 1
# create unique names in /boot/
cp System.map $startdir/pkg/boot/System.map26$kerrev
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage $startdir/pkg/boot/vmlinuz26$kerrev
install -D -m644 Makefile $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/Makefile
install -D -m644 .config $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/.config
install -D -m644 .config $startdir/pkg/boot/kconfig26$kerrev
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/include
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/arch/i386/kernel
for i in acpi asm-generic asm-i386 config linux math-emu net pcmcia scsi video; do
cp -a include/$i $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/include/
done
# copy files necessary for later builds, like nvidia and vmware
cp -a scripts $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/.tmp_versions
cp arch/i386/Makefile $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/arch/i386/
cp arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/arch/i386/kernel/
# copy in Kconfig files
for i in `find . -name "Kconfig*"`; do
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/`echo $i | sed 's|/Kconfig.*||'`
cp $i $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/$i
done
cd $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver/include && ln -s asm-i386 asm
chown -R root.root $startdir/pkg/usr/src/linux-$kerver
# create a unique subdirectory under /usr/src/
cd $startdir/pkg/usr/src
mv linux-$kerver linux-$kerver$kerrev
cd $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/$kerver$kerrev &&
(rm -f build; ln -sf /usr/src/linux-$kerver$kerrev build)