permission issues when running make

[David Holmes]

On 27/09/2017 7:46 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> Hi,
> I sometimes encounter this (consolidated repo only):
> 
> $ make
> /usr/bin/tee: /bin/mkdir: /build.logcannot create directory 
> ‘/make-support’: Permission denied: Permission denied
> 
> /usr/bin/tee: /build.log: Permission denied
> Building target 'default (exploded-image)' in configuration 
> 'linux-x86_64-normal-server-release'
> /w/lt/amber/dev/make/Init.gmk:291: recipe for target 'main' failed
> make[1]: *** [main] Error 1
> 
> 
> This goes away if I do a full configure.
> 
> Why is the build attempting to create folders into '/' ?

That suggests an empty variable is being found.

Where are you running make from?

David

> Maurizio
>