Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-14 Thread Craige McWhirter
Thanks everyone who had an idea. Turned out I needed libc6-dev (as indicated by Jeff) and the libncurses5-dev to get the show going. Jeff Waugh wrote: Michael Lake wrote: Craige McWhirter wrote: I've got them on one Debian system but not another. One was a clean Potato install,

Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-14 Thread Herbert Xu
Anand Kumria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not familiar with previous versions of Debian but 2.2 (out in a day or so I hope) puts them in /usr/src/kernel-source-version It goes back to the days when Manoj Srivastava were the libc maintainer. He also wrote the FAQ covering this issue which is

Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-14 Thread Herbert Xu
Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to work out what Debian package I need to install to supply me with files such as sys/types.h, fcntl.h etc, related to making a kernel. These files usually live in /usr/include. I've got them on one Debian system but not another. One was a

[SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-13 Thread Craige McWhirter
I'm trying to work out what Debian package I need to install to supply me with files such as sys/types.h, fcntl.h etc, related to making a kernel. These files usually live in /usr/include. I've got them on one Debian system but not another. One was a clean Potato install, the other an upgrade

Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-13 Thread Craige McWhirter
I think I'll try your idea because the problem doesn't make sense to me either. It's been a few years since I've compiled a kernel but I don't recall having silly problems like this. I'd provide the complete error but it's on a none networked machine. Firstly it complains there is no

Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-13 Thread Jeff Waugh
Michael Lake wrote: Craige McWhirter wrote: I've got them on one Debian system but not another. One was a clean Potato install, the other an upgrade from Slink to Potato. Ah the replies to this will provide some info between how Debian and RH packages can answer this question.

Re: [SLUG] Debian .h files / Kernel building

2000-08-13 Thread Graeme Merrall
If you tell LInus this, he will hate you forever. As far as he is concerned *any* distribution which make kernel source available under /usr/src/linux is broken (read the release note for 2.4). I'm not familiar with previous versions of Debian but 2.2 (out in a day or so I hope) puts