Package: linux-source-2.6.12 Version: 2.6.12-5 Severity: normal
I get a permission denied error when trying to run 'make menuconfig' on a clean kernel source: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: libncurses-dev libqt3-mt-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-source-2.6.12 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/36,5MB of archives. After unpacking 36,5MB of additional disk space will be used. Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Selecting previously deselected package linux-source-2.6.12. (Reading database ... 155438 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-source-2.6.12 (from .../linux-source-2.6.12_2.6.12-5_all.deb) ... Setting up linux-source-2.6.12 (2.6.12-5) ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src$ tar xvjf linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2 .... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ ln -s linux-source-2.6.12 linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src$ cd linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_config_file’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:245: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘use_config’ differ in signedness scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘__builtin_strchr’ differ in signedness scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: Permission denied make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ groups vbc adm disk lp dialout cdrom floppy audio src video plugdev staff games thinkpad nvram camera scanner [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/hd2/usr/src/linux$ sudo make menuconfig HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_config_file’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:245: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘use_config’ differ in signedness scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘__builtin_strchr’ differ in signedness scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: Permission denied make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 Cheers, Chris. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.t41-4 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 depends on: ii binutils 2.16.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.2-8 high-quality block-sorting file co ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.12 recommends: ii gcc 4:4.0.1-3 The GNU C compiler ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Development Librari ii make 3.80-11 The GNU version of the "make" util -- no debconf information
