Bug#215937: configure: WARNING: linux/netlink.h: present but cannot be compiled

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

reassign 215937 kaffe
thanks

On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 08:21:45AM -0700, Tom Epperly wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.3.2-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> I am running Debian GNU/Linux Unstable, and I did the following:
> 
> % uname -a
> Linux driftcreek 2.4.22 #7 Thu Sep 18 14:49:08 PDT 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
> % apt-get source kaffe
> % su
> # apt-get build-dep kaffe
> % cd kaffe-1.1.1
> % debian/rules build
> 
> This invokes "make" to build kaffe.
> 
> During the configure phase, I saw these messages:
> 
> checking for asm/sigcontext.h... yes
> checking asm/signal.h usability... no
> checking asm/signal.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: asm/signal.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: asm/signal.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: asm/signal.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to bug-autoconf@gnu.org. ##
> configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##


This (like any other header in asm/ or linux/) should not be included
by applications.  If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.


-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer