From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) Subject: Re: 0.99.2 compile problem Date: 7 Jan 1993 00:43:09 -0600
sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org (Josef Wolf) writes:
>torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes:
>>I've now seen two compilation problem reports, and they both looked like
>>being due to bad include-file setups, probably due to a problem with the
>>SLS files.
>>IMPORTANT! To get any linux kernel to compile, your /usr/include/linux
>>and /usr/include/asm directories should be symlinks to the linux
>>include-dirs. If they aren't, correct the problem with:
>> # rm -rf /usr/include/linux
>> # rm -rf /usr/include/asm
>> # ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux
>> # ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm
>This problem originates in the new include-files as packaged in inc-4.2.TZ.
>There are these two links set up to point to
>/net/irl/users/hlu/local/{asm|linux}
>or some such. Maybe the maintainor of this package could set up these links
>(and the Makefiles etc/pp) to be correct for the target-machines before
>posting them? This coud save some trouble for some people and some typing
>for other people who are kind enough to answer questions.
>Greetings
> Sepp
>--
>sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org
>Josef Wolf, Germersheim, Germany
>..!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!ppcger.ppc.sub.orgS
From the release note, which the README says to consult:
/usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux may be wrong. Please make
a right symbolic link to each of them according to your Linux kernel
source tree.
I don't really wan't to sound like an asshole here, but people you have
got to read all the available documentation! If people would read the README's
FAQ's, and assorted other files then 90% of the traffic here would
dissappear.
This is not an experience that everyone should have to have their hands held
through.
James