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Subject: Re: Building C-Kermit-8.211
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Frank Da Cruz wrote:
> On 2007-08-02, <[e-mail]> wrote:
> : While building the lastest release of C-Kermit from source retrieved
> : several days ago from the site, my laptop who's running Slackware-7.1,
> : old but works well on older gear, the process decided to crash
> : complaining about a typo. It was regarding the definition of a term,
> : regarding the crypt libraries.
> :
> : However trying it again, this time extracting into a fresh directory
> : it didn't happen. Instead I get a normal build.  I can present a
> : script file of the process for those that are interested.
> :
> As far as I know, the "make linux" target should be fine everywhere.
> It is perhaps the most "advanced" target in the makefile, as it includes
> a number of tests to allow for different Linux variations.  I can't explain
> why trying to build it once would crash (what crashed exactly?) and doing
> it again worked ok, but if you wish, please go ahead send the script to
> [e-mail].
>
> : And here's something strange. In the interim I grabbed a binary,
> : thinking I would use that if I couldn't get a good build made. Instead
> : it complains about missing symbols in the libraries. That message I
> : don't have, because I discarded the binary after building the working
> : one. What is interesting to note is that the laptop is wearing the
> : latest series of patches that were available at the time the
> : distribution was released, and the issues were of course identified.
> :
> : These were complaints about the Glibc signatures found in the runtime
> : libraries. Can one of you at the Kermit place check the dates of your
> : installed Glibc kits and advise me accordingly? Again this concerns
> : Slackware-7.1.
> :
> Kermit binaries -- and this is probably true of most other applications as
> well -- are vulnerable to this kind of thing, in Linux especially.  It is
> always better to build it on the computer where it is to be run, to allow
> for library differences and so on.
>
> - Frank

Hello!
>From what I recall the build process exploded on the subject of the
Ncurses library. And yes I find it interesting, and even ironic that
it would work the second time around, as opposed to the first.

Oh and I am preparing to send the script output of the second go-round
to your selected address this right minute.
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Gregg gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com