Hi, This is a know bug with the *kernel sources* (not make-kpkg as has been suggested). Actually, this problem is an artifact of expr becomming suddenly POSIX compliant, much to the consternation of the kernel configure scripts.
The fix is to apply the following patch to your kernel sources (newer kernel-package versions mention this problem and fix in /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz). This is becoming a FAQ. Susan? manoj --- scripts/Configure.dist Mon Jan 20 14:43:24 1997 +++ scripts/Configure Tue Jan 21 05:41:30 1997 @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def=${old:-$3} while :; do readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old" - if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then + if expr "$ans" : '0$\|-\?[1-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null; then define_int "$2" "$ans" break else @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ while :; do readln "$1 ($2) [$def] " "$def" "$old" ans=${ans#*[x,X]} - if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]+$' > /dev/null; then + if expr "$ans" : '[0-9a-fA-F]\+$' > /dev/null; then define_hex "$2" "$ans" break else -- str_pok |= SP_FBM; /* deep magic */ s = (unsigned char*) (str->str_ptr); /* deeper magic */ --Larry Wall in util.c from the perl source code Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]