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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: 0.99.2 compile problem
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 00:43:09 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- Message-ID: <1igjdtINNeqb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- References: <1993Jan2.210327.8869@tc.cornell.edu> <C0Fw86.E2t@ppcger.ppc.sub.org>
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- Keywords: 0.99.2 compile problem
-
- sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org (Josef Wolf) writes:
-
- >torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes:
- >>I've now seen two compilation problem reports, and they both looked like
- >>being due to bad include-file setups, probably due to a problem with the
- >>SLS files.
-
- >>IMPORTANT! To get any linux kernel to compile, your /usr/include/linux
- >>and /usr/include/asm directories should be symlinks to the linux
- >>include-dirs. If they aren't, correct the problem with:
-
- >> # rm -rf /usr/include/linux
- >> # rm -rf /usr/include/asm
- >> # ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
- >> # ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm
-
- >This problem originates in the new include-files as packaged in inc-4.2.TZ.
- >There are these two links set up to point to
-
- >/net/irl/users/hlu/local/{asm|linux}
-
- >or some such. Maybe the maintainor of this package could set up these links
- >(and the Makefiles etc/pp) to be correct for the target-machines before
- >posting them? This coud save some trouble for some people and some typing
- >for other people who are kind enough to answer questions.
-
- >Greetings
- > Sepp
-
- >--
- >sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org
- >Josef Wolf, Germersheim, Germany
- >..!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!ppcger.ppc.sub.orgS
-
- From the release note, which the README says to consult:
-
- /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux may be wrong. Please make
- a right symbolic link to each of them according to your Linux kernel
- source tree.
-
-
- I don't really wan't to sound like an asshole here, but people you have
- got to read all the available documentation! If people would read the README's
- FAQ's, and assorted other files then 90% of the traffic here would
- dissappear.
-
- This is not an experience that everyone should have to have their hands held
- through.
-
- James
-