kernel compile problem -- unresolved symbols

["Christopher M. Jones" <cjones12@tulane.edu>]

I am having a problem compiling from source 2.4.17 packaged for Debian. Using 
make-kpkg kernel_image in the source dir, all my modules come up with 
unresolved symbols.

What causes this? What am I doing wrong? What should I do to fix it?
Using gcc 2.95.4