[lug] generally compiling problems?

[Michael Wegener]

Excellent suggestion for the make config. I'll be sure to do it with the next
machine.

--M

"D. Stimits" wrote:

> Michael Wegener wrote:
> >
> > I don't think the kernel was compiled locally, but it may well have. How do I
> > check?
>
> Someone else has answered this, at least in part. It is a good question.
> One possibility, is that in /usr/src/linux/, if it was ever configured,
> there will be a .config file. You can open that with an editor, and
> maybe decide manually if the options listed are the options the machine
> is set up with. If it isn't there, you can probably be sure it was not
> set up. If it is there, it might not be current. It would be interesting
> if someone could create a checksum generator for config files that also
> reads the kernel symbols, and can match them.
>
> Every time I compile a kernel, I use the EXTRAVERSION part of the
> Makefile to name it uniquely (such as date), along with saving the
> config file (named to match) in a root-only archive directory. It saves
> so much time not guessing. If you really want to be sure, and you don't
> know your configuration, I suspect you'd have to recompile and install a
> kernel to know.
>
> >
> > --M
> >
> > "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > > Someone else already mentioned the sym link possibilities, but
> > > apparently that isn't being the problem. One other possibility seems
> > > reasonable here. The sources that are linked to in /usr/include/linux/
> > > are part of the kernel source tree, and to some extent, parts of that
> > > tree are modified by make menuconfig (or other config) of the kernel
> > > compile. For example, modules compiled outside of the kernel, such as
> > > emu10k1 from soundblaster live, will end up with unresolved symbols if
> > > the current source is not also configured to match your existing system.
> > > In your kernel source tree, does it still have the exact configuration
> > > left from "make menuconfig" (or other config) to match your installed
> > > kernel? Or does the kernel compiler configuration no longer match the
> > > installed kernel? Some software depends on this, many others don't.
> > >
> > > Michael Wegener wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > My recent attempt to compile sitecopy on one of my two identical servers
> > > > seems to have exposed a mysterious problem. The make output reports a
> > > > number of kernel header files missing, yet when I look in the places
> > > > listed, there they are. As I look back, I remember never having any luck
> > > > compiling on this machine, but always chalked it up to inexperience and
> > > > bad luck, and have found work-arounds. This server's twin has no problem
> > > > compiling, and they were set up as identical machines by a high-caliber
> > > > linux admin.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > --Michael Wegener
> > > >
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Michael Wegener
--------------------- wegener at zulaware.com
President
--------------------- (voice) 303-402-0364
Zulaware, Inc.
--------------------- (fax) 1-877-540-6114
5589 Arapahoe Ave
Suite 206A
Boulder, CO 80303