Bug#324817: linux-source-2.6.12: permission denied when doing 'make menuconfig'
Package: linux-source-2.6.12
Version: 2.6.12-5
Severity: normal
I get a permission denied error when trying to run 'make menuconfig' on a clean kernel source:
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12
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Suggested packages:
libncurses-dev libqt3-mt-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-source-2.6.12
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
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Selecting previously deselected package linux-source-2.6.12.
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Unpacking linux-source-2.6.12 (from .../linux-source-2.6.12_2.6.12-5_all.deb) ...
Setting up linux-source-2.6.12 (2.6.12-5) ...
vbc@arenzano:/usr/src$ tar xvjf linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2
....
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ ln -s linux-source-2.6.12 linux
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ cd linux
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_config_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:245: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘use_config’ differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘__builtin_strchr’ differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness
/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ groups
vbc adm disk lp dialout cdrom floppy audio src video plugdev staff games thinkpad nvram camera scanner
vbc@arenzano:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ sudo make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_config_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:245: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘use_config’ differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’:
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘__builtin_strchr’ differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness
/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
Cheers,
Chris.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.t41-4
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 depends on:
ii binutils 2.16.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.2-8 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 recommends:
ii gcc 4:4.0.1-3 The GNU C compiler
ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" util
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