Yum is your friend. In your /etc/yum.conf file, put:
exclude=kernel,kernel-devel,kernel-doc,kernel-headers and it won't bother updating them. Then you can run yum regularly. -Philip Chris Abnett wrote: > Actually not.. it's the i386 version of FC8 and the PC is a Pentium D, 2.66 > Ghz with a couple gigs of RAM... > > The initial FC8 kernel of 2.6.23.1-42 works fine running NOAPIC... FC9's > kernel took an hour to boor up with NOAPIC... > -Christopher > -----Original Message----- > From: Darrick Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:49 PM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] was doin great - now unable to compile > > I bet you're using a 64bit host os. > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device from U.S. Cellular > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Chris Abnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:12 > To: 'AstLinux Users Mailing List'<astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] was doin great - now unable to compile > > > I had yum updated some packages but not all.. I have to be careful updating > the kernel as certain kernels panic on the APIC.. and for some reason > certain kernels also don't like to run in NOAPIC mode.. as it turns out here > a few things in my config file got turned on even though I didn't select > them.. I had moved my astlinux.config and .config from the old machine over > to this one.. then did a make menuconfig, changed nothing, saved and > exited.. im not using NetSNMP so I had never tried to compile it before, I > removed that and also rhino which had gotten turned on.. recompiled and im > good to go now, my linraries and my GCC were updated via ym and were most up > to date, however my kernel was initial release from the FC8 ISO... not being > a C programmer I cant tell whats wrong if anything in those lines of netsnmp > that caused my compiler to fail.. and rhino choked on the make file as the > downloaded .tbz2 file is not reallr a tar bzip 2 file.. it wont open using > zcat.. but since I don't have any rhino cards I removed this package from > the compile also.... > -Christopher > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:08 PM > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] was doin great - now unable to compile > > Also, is your FC8 updated to the final snapshot? Or is it all the > initial release stuff? > > Have you ever done a "yum update"? > > -Philip > > Darrick Hartman wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> Don't use trunk. Use the 0.6 branch. Trunk may be in various states of >> brokenness over the next unspecified period of time. The 0.6 branch >> will remain the stable area. >> >> While trunk should build cleanly, there may be some issues. If you >> really really want to use trunk, you may need to do an rm -rf on your >> build_i586 directory. >> >> Darrick >> >> Chris Abnett wrote: >> >> >>> Ok so I was doing great now for some reason im unable to compile on a >>> > Fedora > >>> Core 8 system.. I will share the error messages below >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> You will probably need to make your busybox binary >>> setuid root to ensure all configured applets will >>> work properly. >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/busybox-1.11.2-initrd' >>> rm -f /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/initrd/linuxrc >>> cp -a target/initrd/target_skeleton/linuxrc >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/initrd/linuxrc >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/toolchain_build_i586/bin/sed -i -r -e >>> "s/@IMAGEFS_SIZE@/90/" \ >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/initrd/linuxrc >>> make -C /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2 >>> make[1]: Entering directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2' >>> making all in /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/snmplib >>> make[2]: Entering directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/snmplib' >>> make[2]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/snmplib' >>> making all in /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent >>> make[2]: Entering directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent' >>> making all in >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/helpers >>> make[3]: Entering directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/helpers' >>> make[3]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/helpers' >>> making all in >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/mibgroup >>> make[3]: Entering directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/mibgroup' >>> /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/staging_dir/bin/i586-linux-uclibc-gcc >>> -I../../include -I. -I../../agent -I../../agent/mibgroup -I../../snmplib >>> -DINET6 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Dlinux -c -o ucd-snmp/disk.lo >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c >>> rm -f ucd-snmp/.libs/disk.lo >>> /usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/staging_dir/bin/i586-linux-uclibc-gcc >>> -I../../include -I. -I../../agent -I../../agent/mibgroup -I../../snmplib >>> -DINET6 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -Dlinux -c ucd-snmp/disk.c -fPIC >>> -DPIC -o ucd-snmp/.libs/disk.lo >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:233:36: error: operator '||' has no right operand >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:300:36: error: operator '||' has no right operand >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:436:19: error: #if with no expression >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:459:36: error: operator '||' has no right operand >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:530:19: error: #if with no expression >>> ucd-snmp/disk.c:556:36: error: operator '||' has no right operand >>> make[3]: *** [ucd-snmp/disk.lo] Error 1 >>> make[3]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/mibgroup' >>> make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 >>> make[2]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent' >>> make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 >>> make[1]: Leaving directory >>> `/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2' >>> make: *** [/usr/src/astlinux-trunk/build_i586/net-snmp-5.3.2/agent/snmpd] >>> Error 2 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] astlinux-trunk]$ >>> >>> any ideas what may cause this? I was using FC6 to compile on, however I >>> needed a new kernel and so I ugraded my development system to FC8, im >>> > trying > >>> to compile trunk 2008. Let me know if you need more info im glad to get >>> > it > >>> for you... >>> >>> im using gcc 4.1.2-33 and glibc -2.7-2.i686 if that makes any difference >>> > or > >>> not >>> >>> -Christopher >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
