Bug#322004: kernel-source-2.6.8: Fails to compile on a X86_64 platform

[Manolo Díaz <manolo_diaz@wanadoo.es>]

Horms wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 07:11:35PM +0200, Manolo Díaz wrote:
> 
>>Package: kernel-source-2.6.8
>>Version: 2.6.8-16
>>Severity: important
>>Justification: fails to build from source
>>
>>
>>
>>-- System Information:
>>Debian Release: testing/unstable
>>  APT prefers testing
>>  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
>>Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>>Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8
>>Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
>>
>>Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 depends on:
>>ii  binutils                      2.16.1-2   The GNU assembler, linker and bina
>>ii  bzip2                         1.0.2-7    high-quality block-sorting file co
>>ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
>>ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
>>
>>Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 recommends:
>>ii  gcc                         4:3.3.5-3    The GNU C compiler
>>ii  libc6-dev [libc-dev]        2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Development Librari
>>ii  make                        3.80-9       The GNU version of the "make" util
>>
>>-- no debconf information
>>
>>This is the error message shown:
>>
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S: Assembler messages:
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S:81: Error: Macro with this name was already defined
>>arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S:100: Error: Macro with this name was already defined
>>make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.o] Error 1
> 
> 
> That is very odd. You have gcc 3.3 which I believe should work.
> Could you try this with one the configuration supplied
> with one of the amd64 kernel images?
> 

Yes, I've just tried it with "config-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8". The same problem.