From e0ccd368149d63108042c97150012ad4a2e7593c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@elastic.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:14:21 -0400
Subject: PR4186 cont'd: tolerate older kbuild Makefile's chattiness

* buildrun.cxx (run_make_cmd): Add back >/dev/null for older kernels.
---
 buildrun.cxx | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'buildrun.cxx')

diff --git a/buildrun.cxx b/buildrun.cxx
index 69cc5a66..71e6df56 100644
--- a/buildrun.cxx
+++ b/buildrun.cxx
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ run_make_cmd(systemtap_session& s, string& make_cmd)
   else
     make_cmd += " -s --no-print-directory";
 
+  if (strverscmp (s.kernel_base_release.c_str(), "2.6.29") < 0)
+    {
+      // Older kernels, before linux commit #fd54f502841c1, include
+      // gratuitous "echo"s in their Makefile.  We need to suppress
+      // that with this bluntness.
+      make_cmd += " >/dev/null";
+    }
+
   return stap_system (s.verbose, make_cmd);
 }
 
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