Error compiling Kaoru's kernel 2.4.19-pre8_B0c.src.rpm
Juan Manuel Palacios
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat Jun 1 22:12:01 2002
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Hello Kaoru and everybody from the lists. I'm having some problems
compiling the latest kernel's src.rpm found in your ftp site (
ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/fukui/). When I hit "rpm -ba
kernel-2.4.19.k.spec" the decompression of the sources begin, followed
by the checking of the configuration file. And up to here everything is
fine. But just when the building process states that the next step is to
build the dependencies it fails miserably with quite a confusing error
message:
_____________________________
+ make -s dep
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/syslimits.h:7,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/limits.h:11,
from scripts/mkdep.c:35:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44658 (%build)
RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44658 (%build)
_____________________________
Now, I say confusing because I am no developer. I may be an experienced
Linux user but nothing in developer land. I cheked in all the
directories reported in the error and the file limits.h was *to be*
found in most of them. That is, the files:
/usr/include/limits.h <-- exists,
/usr/include/bits/posix2_lim.h <-- exists (referrenced by the previous
in line no. 144),
/usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h <-- exists,
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h <-- exists (referrenced by the previous in
line no. 126),
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/syslimits.h <--
exists (referrenced by the one below in line no. 11),
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/limits.h <-- exists
(referrenced by the previous one in line no. 7),
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h <--exists
But for the last two the file referrenced is missing:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36 <-- no directory named "linux" there or
any file named "limits.h", for that matter.
scripts/mkdep.c:35 <-- real path is "/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux/scripts"
and there is no "limits.h" file there.
So I don't understand. Which one of these two files is causing the
failure and what is the exact path the file "
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h" is trying to call when it invokes
"linux/limits.h" in line 36? I found a directory "linux" which contains
a "limits.h" file, but the complete path is
"/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux/include/linux". I really don't think this is
the complete path "local_lim.h" is looking for, or is it?
I guess the most important question I have is, how can I fix the
problem? To start troubleshooting first of all I made sure I had the
packages I thought were necessary and enough already installed:
kernelcfg-0.6-9
kernel-doc-2.4.19-pre8_B0c
kernel-headers-2.4.19-pre8_B0c
kernel-2.4.10-12a
The docs and headers are the same version of the kernel I'm trying to
compile, I simply updated the packages already installed. The kernel
package provides the kernel I'm currently running (2.4.10-12a), which is
the stock one provided by YellowDog 2.1. And kernelcfg, I've never
really used it. Is there anything missig there, anything I'll need to
carry on with the compile process? I removed the package named
kernel-sources since it belonged to the same series as the stock kernel
and I thought they could conflict with the sources installed by the new
yet-unbuilt kernel. But one funny and strange thing I notticed: inside
the directory /usr/src I have the following directories
drwxrwxr-x 4 juan juan 4.0k May 17 01:28 Updates/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 31 18:49 linux -> linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0k May 29 16:29 linux-2.4.10/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0k May 31 18:49 linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0k Mar 10 11:41 rpm/
The directory "linux" points to the directory "linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/"
which was installed by "kernel-headers-2.4.19-pre8_B0c", and this was to
be expected. But inside this last one there are no real source files,
all of them get installed in "/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux" when I issue
"rpm -ba kernel-2.4.19.k.spec". Isn't this strange? I don't remember
this from previous experiences building kernels. I remember having all
the source and/or (not really sure here) header files in the directory
"/usr/src/linux/" regardless of them getting installed somewhere else
when the build process begins. Could this be what's at fault? In any
case, I remember many more files in /usr/src/linux than what I have now.
So, again, what is causing the error and how can I fix it? Typo,
incorrect path, lack of necessary packages? I want to learn....
Thank you all in advance for your kind help and assistance. Sincerely,...
Juan.
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Hello Kaoru and everybody from the lists. I'm having some problems
compiling the latest kernel's src.rpm found in your ftp site (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/fukui/">
ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/fukui/</a>). When I hit "rpm -ba kernel-2.4.19.k.spec"
the decompression of the sources begin, followed by the checking of the configuration
file. And up to here everything is fine. But just when the building process
states that the next step is to build the dependencies it fails miserably
with quite a confusing error message:<br>
<br>
_____________________________<br>
+ make -s dep<br>
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,<br>
from /usr/include/limits.h:144,<br>
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/syslimits.h:7,<br>
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/limits.h:11,<br>
from scripts/mkdep.c:35:<br>
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory<br>
make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1<br>
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44658 (%build)<br>
<br>
<br>
RPM build errors:<br>
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44658 (%build)<br>
_____________________________<br>
<br>
Now, I say confusing because I am no developer. I may be an experienced
Linux user but nothing in developer land. I cheked in all the directories
reported in the error and the file limits.h was <big><b>to be</b></big> found
in most of them. That is, the files:<br>
<br>
/usr/include/limits.h <-- exists,<br>
/usr/include/bits/posix2_lim.h <-- exists (referrenced by the
previous in line no. 144),<br>
/usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h <-- exists,<br>
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h <-- exists (referrenced by the
previous in line no. 126),<br>
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/syslimits.h <--
exists (referrenced by the one below in line no. 11),<br>
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-yellowdog-linux/2.95.4/include/limits.h <--
exists (referrenced by the previous one in line no. 7),<br>
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h <--exists<br>
<br>
But for the last two the file referrenced is missing:<br>
<br>
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36 <-- no directory named "linux"
there or any file named "limits.h", for that matter.<br>
scripts/mkdep.c:35 <-- real path is "/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux/scripts"
and there is no "limits.h" file there.<br>
<br>
So I don't understand. Which one of these two files is causing the failure
and what is the exact path the file " /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h" is trying
to call when it invokes "linux/limits.h" in line 36? I found a directory
"linux" which contains a "limits.h" file, but the complete path is "/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux/include/linux".
I really don't think this is the complete path "local_lim.h" is looking for,
or is it?<br>
<br>
I guess the most important question I have is, how can I fix the problem?
To start troubleshooting first of all I made sure I had the packages I thought
were necessary and enough already installed:<br>
<br>
kernelcfg-0.6-9<br>
kernel-doc-2.4.19-pre8_B0c<br>
kernel-headers-2.4.19-pre8_B0c<br>
kernel-2.4.10-12a<br>
<br>
The docs and headers are the same version of the kernel I'm trying to
compile, I simply updated the packages already installed. The kernel package
provides the kernel I'm currently running (2.4.10-12a), which is the stock
one provided by YellowDog 2.1. And kernelcfg, I've never really used it.
Is there anything missig there, anything I'll need to carry on with the compile
process? I removed the package named kernel-sources since it belonged to
the same series as the stock kernel and I thought they could conflict with
the sources installed by the new yet-unbuilt kernel. But one funny and strange
thing I notticed: inside the directory /usr/src I have the following directories<br>
<br>
drwxrwxr-x 4 juan juan 4.0k May 17 01:28 Updates/<br>
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 31 18:49 linux -> linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/<br>
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0k May 29 16:29 linux-2.4.10/<br>
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0k May 31 18:49 linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/<br>
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0k Mar 10 11:41 rpm/<br>
<br>
The directory "linux" points to the directory "linux-2.4.19-pre8_B0c/"
which was installed by "kernel-headers-2.4.19-pre8_B0c", and this was to
be expected. But inside this last one there are no real source files, all
of them get installed in "/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/linux" when I issue "rpm -ba
kernel-2.4.19.k.spec". Isn't this strange? I don't remember this from previous
experiences building kernels. I remember having all the source and/or (not
really sure here) header files in the directory "/usr/src/linux/" regardless
of them getting installed somewhere else when the build process begins. Could
this be what's at fault? In any case, I remember many more files in /usr/src/linux
than what I have now.<br>
<br>
So, again, what is causing the error and how can I fix it? Typo, incorrect
path, lack of necessary packages? I want to learn....<br>
<br>
Thank you all in advance for your kind help and assistance. Sincerely,...<br>
<br>
<br>
Juan.<br>
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