# Some architectures define CROSS_COMPILE in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.
# CC_VERSION_TEXT is referenced from Kconfig (so it needs export),
# and from include/config/auto.conf.cmd to detect the compiler upgrade.
-CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(shell $(CC) --version | head -n 1)
+CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
# ===========================================================================
# Return y if <command> exits with 0, n otherwise
success = $(if-success,$(1),y,n)
+# $(failure,<command>)
+# Return n if <command> exits with 0, y otherwise
+failure = $(if-success,$(1),n,y)
+
# $(cc-option,<flag>)
# Return y if the compiler supports <flag>, n otherwise
cc-option = $(success,$(CC) -Werror $(1) -E -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null)
# Return y if the linker supports <flag>, n otherwise
ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1))
+# check if $(CC) and $(LD) exist
+$(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(CC)),compiler '$(CC)' not found)
+$(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(LD)),linker '$(LD)' not found)
+
# gcc version including patch level
gcc-version := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))