Makefile: Make compiler version comparison optional

Forwarded: not-needed
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1019749

The top-level Makefile warns if the compiler version string changes at
all between the kernel build and an out-of-tree module build.

We expect that major compiler version changes could introduce ABI
changes, and override the CC variable in out-of-tree module builds to
ensure that the same major compiler version is used.  But minor
version changes should not make a difference, so this exact version
comparison produces false warnings.

Since custom kernel packages don't have that, don't remove the version
comparison.  Instead, skip it if $(DEBIAN_KERNEL_NO_CC_VERSION_CHECK)
is non-empty.

Gbp-Pq: Topic debian
Gbp-Pq: Name makefile-make-compiler-version-comparison-optional.patch

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d11f5c009b86a849ecb9dbb584a0d6ab69e9965c..5f7ed646f0e4bd7f75f3f702ef96d02e8106a255 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ PHONY += prepare
 # now expand this into a simple variable to reduce the cost of shell evaluations
 prepare: CC_VERSION_TEXT := $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)
 prepare:
-       @if [ "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" != "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" ]; then \
+       @if [ -z "$(DEBIAN_KERNEL_NO_CC_VERSION_CHECK)" ] && [ "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" != "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" ]; then \
                echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \
                echo >&2 "  The kernel was built by: $(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \
                echo >&2 "  You are using:           $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \