Re: Kernel 2.0.31 won't compile
Hi,
>>"Mark" == Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au> writes:
Mark> I need to compile the 2.0.31 kernel. Unfortunately there is
Mark> not a debian package for the 2.0.31 kernel, so I downloaded the
Mark> upstream version, unpacked it into /usr/local/src, created
Mark> links
What links did you create? Please uncreate those links and try
again, I fear that may be part of the problem.
Mark> and followed the instructions for make-kpkg in order to
Mark> make a kernel image package. Unfortunately it didn't compile,
Mark> coming up with compile errors such as
Mark> /usr/include/sys/types.h:45: conflicting types for `mode_t'
Mark> /usr/local/src/linux-2.0.31/include/linux/types.h:12: previous declaration
Mark> of `mode_t'
Something is seriously wrong here. The kernel is supposed to
be a self contained syste; it shpuld not be linking with any header
files outside of the kernel source tree.
manoj
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