Re: Errors Building xserver-xfree86
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:35:04 +1100,
Rob Weir wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 08:18:03AM -0000, Kevin Smith wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What does this error message mean when building xserver-xfree86? I
> > compiled my own Kernel 2.4.20 for the powerpc for Debian Woody 3.0r1.
> > DId I miss or so something wrong with the Kernel compilation?
> >
> > Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in xfree86-4.1.0
> > dpkg-buildpackage: source package is xfree86
> > dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 4.1.0-16
> > dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Branden Robinson
> > <branden@debian.org>
> > dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is powerpc
> > dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: kernel-headers-2.4
> > dpkg-buildpackage: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting.
> > dpkg-buildpackage: (Use -d flag to override.)
> > Build command 'cd xfree86-4.1.0 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed.
> > E: Child process failed
>
> You need to install the kernel headers that match your running
> kernel. Well, normally. Since X seems to run fine on
> thousands of peoples machines, it presumably just needs *a* set
> of 2.4 kernel headers. kernel-headers-2.4.18-386 might work,
> and it's in woody. Install them and try again.
IIRC I managed to compile Branden's X without *any*
kernel-headers. I suspect the headers are just for compiling X
stuff that interacts directly with the kernel (DRI perhaps?). My
kernel is built from the kernel.org sources via make-kpkg.
Maybe the OP can try the -d flag mentioned above.
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