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Re: Macro expansion error in firewall.c (A variation on "Signal 11" during kernel compilations?)



Sorry, the ".config" file that I attached to my previous message was
from my office PC, not my Pentium II.  If it is important, I can
send the exact version.

On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Raymond Rusk wrote:

> Package: kernel-source-2.0.3
> Version: 2.0.32-1
> 
> While testing my new Pentium II system for any occurrence of the
> "signal 11" error that plagued my old 486 and one of my office P200
> PCs, I have come across a most perplexing oddity.  I see the "macro
> expansion error in firewall.c" problem that I reported earlier for
> kernel-source-2.0.30 (acknowledged Bug#16240) in seven out of
> twenty-seven kernel compilations done so far using the loop:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/tcsh
> cd /usr/src/linux
> foreach i (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
>         foreach j (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
>                 /usr/sbin/make-kpkg clean >& /usr/local/log/log."$i"$j
>                 /usr/sbin/make-kpkg -revision=custom.1.11 kernel_image >>& /usr/local/log/log."$i"$j
>                 rm /usr/src/kernel-image-2.0.32_custom.1.11_i386.deb
>         end
> end
> 
> The end of the compilation log in these cases always looks like:
> 
> ---Error message---
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -DMODVERSIONS -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c firewall.c
> firewall.c:151: macro `_basic_version' used with just one arg
> firewall.c:152: macro `_basic_version' used with just one arg
> firewall.c:153: macro `_basic_version' used with just one arg
> firewall.c:154: macro `_basic_version' used with just one arg
> firewall.c:155: macro `_basic_version' used with just one arg
> make[5]: *** [firewall.o] Error 1
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32/net/core'
> make[4]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32/net/core'
> make[3]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32/net'
> make[2]: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32'
> make[1]: *** [build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32'
> make: *** [stamp-image] Error 2
> 
> Is there a random element to the compilation that I should investigate
> or does this indicate a hardware problem?  BTW, in both systems where
> I have seen the "signal 11" problem it seems to result from inadequate
> air flow across the motherboard.  With better ventilation, the problem
> goes away or is reduced.
> 
> For completeness, I am using:
> gcc          2.7.2.1-9
> libc5-dev    5.4.33-6
> libg++27-dev 2.7.2.1-8
> libg++27     2.7.2.1-8
> 
> Thanks,
> Raymond
> 

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