Re: awk segfault on make menuconfig to build kernel
This problem persists on multiple attempts, each time starting from a clean
unpack of kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2.
I've tried it after upgrading the following packages to the testing
versions:
dpkg dpkg-dev debianutils make libncurses5-dev kernel-package
Tried again after upgrading fileutils to the version from untable, and again
after downgrading gcc from 3.2 (unstable) to 2.95.4 (stable). The system is
woody on a PIII 850 server with 1GB RAM, DAC960 RAID card and Intel 10/100
ethernet.
More details below, thanks for any help.
Dave De Graff
On each attempt to execute make menuconfig, I get the error:
gcc -o lxdialog checklist.o menubox.o textbox.o yesno.o inputbox.o util.o
lxdialog.o msgbox.o -lncurses
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19/scripts/lxdialog'
/bin/sh scripts/Menuconfig arch/i386/config.in
Using defaults found in .config
Preparing scripts: functions, parsingscripts/Menuconfig: line 1: 663
Segmentation fault awk "$1"
Awk died with error code 139. Giving up.
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
I found this message via Google which looks possibly relevant but does not
provide any clue that I can act on:
http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2002-June/016737.html
The first several lines of the .config file in the kernel-source directory
are:
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
# CONFIG_SBUS is not set
CONFIG_UID16=y
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M586MMX is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
# CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set
# CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set
# CONFIG_MK6 is not set
# CONFIG_MK7 is not set
# CONFIG_MELAN is not set
# CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set
# CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set
# CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Osamu Aoki" <debian@aokiconsulting.com>
> To: "David De Graff" <debian@platformglobal.com>
> Cc: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 3:03 AM
> Subject: Re: awk segfault when try make menuconfig to build kernel
>
>
> > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 12:20:45AM -0700, David De Graff wrote:
> > > I'm trying to build a kernel from source using the
kernel-source-2.4.19
> and
> > > the instructions for the Debian standard method at:
> > >
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html
> >
> > That's me :-)
>
> Wow, help right from the source! Thanks.
> >
> > > When I execute make menuconfig, I get the error at the bottom of the
> session
> > > text below. It looks like awk is giving a segmentation fault. This
error
> > > persists even after I've upgraded mawk and gawk to the versions on
> testing,
> > > and switched simlinks to try both programs. I haven't found anything
on
> this
> > > in the mail list archives, so am asking for any tips here.
> > >
> > > BTW, the error below happened with the .config file from my current
> kernel
> > > as well as below using the default config after I did a 'make
> distclean'.
> > ...
> > >
> > > root@coral:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19# make menuconfig
> >
> > Why you are root?
> > # apt-get install debhelper modutils kernel-package
libncurses5-dev
> > # apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18 # use latest version
> > # vi /etc/kernel-pkg.conf # input my name and email
>
> On the first attempt, I did the entire process as root just to avoid any
> permissions issues (wasn't really thinking about it).
>
>
> > Maybe I should have said: (<foo> is user name)
> >
> > # addgrp --group src <foo>
> > # su <foo>
> > $ cd /usr/src # build directory
> > $ tar --bzip2 -xvf kernel-source-2.4.18.tar.bz2
> > ...
> >
> > If untar as root and if you are user, you may hit problem.
> >
>
> I just did the process again as you describe, as a non-root user, and got
> the same error:
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19/scripts/lxdialog'
> /bin/sh scripts/Menuconfig arch/i386/config.in
> Using defaults found in .config
> Preparing scripts: functions, parsingscripts/Menuconfig: line 1: 5435
> Segmentation fault awk "$1"
> Awk died with error code 139. Giving up.
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
>
> This is on a woody system with some pieces from testing, and with gcc-3.2
> and dependencies from unstable.
>
> BTW, my system doesn't seem to have addgrp. This isn't relevant to the
> problem, but just thought I would point it out given your revised
> instructions above. I used usermod since src was already in /etc/group.
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