From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752331AbXLITfp (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:35:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751042AbXLITfg (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:35:36 -0500 Received: from hpsmtp-eml11.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.38.111]:11989 "EHLO hpsmtp-eml11.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750861AbXLITfg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:35:36 -0500 From: Frans Pop To: Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: menuconfig: fail with clearer error if curses.h N/A Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 20:35:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild References: <200710142323.21139.elendil@planet.nl> <20071209191317.GA8496@uranus.ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20071209191317.GA8496@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712092035.33056.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Dec 2007 19:35:33.0266 (UTC) FILETIME=[AA10C720:01C83A9A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 09 December 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > This is much better. Thanks! A few minor corrections maybe (nitpicks really). >  *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries >  *** or the required header files. That first line is strangely short like this. Move "or the" to the first line? >  *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries At least s/require/requires/ and probably add a period at end of the line. I also suggest adding quotes around make menuconfig: *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries. >  *** >  *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again Again add a period at end of the line. Cheers, FJP