zephyr-cp: quote the Kconfig fragment list so DEBUG=1 works - #11423
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With DEBUG=1 the Makefile passes `board.conf;debug.conf` as `-Dzephyr-cp_EXTRA_CONF_FILE`. Unquoted, the shell treats the semicolon as the end of the command, so west built without `debug.conf` and the shell then tried to run `debug.conf` and failed with "Permission denied", exit 126, after a complete non-debug build. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Looks good. I reproduced the exit 126 in a toy Makefile and quoting fixes it.
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Claude found and fixed this, reviewed by @dhalbert.
Problem
make BOARD=<board> DEBUG=1fails with exit 126 on any board that has aboard.conf, after doing a complete non-debug build. The Makefile joins the fragments asboard.conf;debug.confand passes them unquoted as-Dzephyr-cp_EXTRA_CONF_FILE=.... Make runs the recipe through/bin/sh, where an unquoted semicolon ends the command:west buildruns withboard.confonly, then the shell tries to execute.../debug.confand reports "Permission denied". cmake's log for such a run listsboard.confamong the merged fragments but notdebug.conf.Fix
Quote the value. The shell strips the quotes and cmake receives the semicolon-separated list as one argument.
menuconfiguses the same variable and is fixed by the same line.Verification
adafruit_feather_rp2040_zephyrwithDEBUG=1: build succeeds, cmake mergesdebug.conf,.confighasCONFIG_DEBUG_OPTIMIZATIONS=y. WithoutDEBUG=1nothing changes.adafruit_feather_nrf52840_zephyrwithDEBUG=1now gets as far as the link and overflows flash by 123 KB, which is the board's real limit for a debug build rather than a Makefile problem.