Error during the make command in buildroot

[bsudheer143]

Hello,
I want to port embedded linux in ARM board.
I have started with buildroot download.
steps finished:
1.downloaded buildroot-snapshot.tar.bz2 and untar done.
2. cd /buildroot folder
then
3.make menuconfig command
4. Then make command , It takes more time and finally it gives the error like this

*** Unpacking kernel source
bzcat /root/sudheer/buildroot/dl/linux-2.6.29.3.tar.bz2 | tar -C /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc -xf -
touch /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.unpacked
toolchain/patch-kernel.sh /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3 toolchain/kernel-headers \
linux-2.6.29.3-\*.patch{,.gz,.bz2}
touch /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.patched
cp -dpf /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.config
cp: missing destination file operand after `/root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.config'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
make: *** [/root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.configured] Error 1


please help me to solve this problem.
i am using following software and hardware config:

1.Ubuntu 8.04 linux
2. Intel based motherboard

[Lakshmipathi]

cp -dpf /root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.config
cp: missing destination file operand after `/root/sudheer/buildroot/project_build_arm/uclibc/linux-2.6.29.3/.config'
Try `cp --help' for more information

It points to cp command , please check that cp command it again

[bsudheer143]

Dear sir,
what you said is correct , there is no destination folder in cp command
that is automatically execuiting when I give a make command , It takes more time and halts when this error comes,
please help me to solve this problem

regards
sudheer

[kmitnick]

before you type make and if there is a file configure please type

./configure

sudo make ; make install

and post the output

[bsudheer143]

Dear sir,
In buildroot folder , there is no file called configure.
and one thing Config.in file is there in my buildroot folder and I typed ./Config.in , it gives permission denied

Regards
sudheer

[kmitnick]

I edited the thread because I thought it is configure.in so here config.in no i don't think you need to run ./configure , so we will focus on cp missing operand

[kmitnick]

before make what do u run?
write the full sequence of commands after accessing /buildroot folder

[bsudheer143]

Dear sir,
after accessing buildroot folder at first I give a command
make menuconfig
after this buildroot configuration menu occors
Target architecture(arm ) --->
Target architecture variant (arm920t)--->
Target ABI (0ABI)--->
and rest of the menu I used default configurations except
Kernal---> (linux (same version as linux headers))

After this I will give make command

[kmitnick]

aha I see, have you seen the README file or the release notes???
the issue is that the second portion/operand of the cp is missing,