Re: 2.4.24 from kernel.org

[Daniel Andersen <kernel-list@majorstua.net>]

>
> I just tried to compile linux-2.4.24.tar.bz2 from 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
> The date of the archive I downloaded was 05-Jan-2004 5:54. After 
> configuring the options for compiling I started the process by "make 
> dep" and then "make bzImage". After a few minutes I got the following 
> error message:
>
> ipt_ECN.c:16: linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.h: No such file or directory
> ipt_ECN.c:26: warning: `struct ipt_ECN_info' declared inside parameter 
> list
> ipt_ECN.c:26: warning: its scope is only this definition or 
> declaration, which is probably not what you want.
> (...)
> ipt_ECN.c:156: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> ipt_ECN.c:156: `IPT_ECN_OP_SET_ECE' undeclared (first use in this 
> function)
> ipt_ECN.c:156: `IPT_ECN_OP_SET_CWR' undeclared (first use in this 
> function)
> make[3]: *** [ipt_ECN.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/WorX/linux-2.4.24/net/ipv4/netfilter'
> make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/WorX/linux-2.4.24/net/ipv4/netfilter'
> make[1]: *** [_subdir_ipv4/netfilter] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/WorX/linux-2.4.24/net'
> make: *** [_dir_net] Error 2
>
> I then discovered that the file linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.h that 
> could not be found and caused the following errors really doesn't 
> exist but there is a file ipt_ECN.1.h in linux/netfilter_ipv4/. I 
> searched for more of the .1.h files and found the following:
>
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_DSCP.1.h
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.1.h
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_mark.1.h
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_tcpmss.1.h
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_tos.1.h
> .//include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_mark.1.h
> .//net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.1.c
> .//net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ecn.1.c
> .//net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_mark.1.c
> .//net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_tcpmss.1.c
> .//net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_tos.1.c
> .//net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_mark.1.c
>
> I searched contents of the sources with grep for any occurrences of 
> the above header-files but the only occurrences found were for the 
> exact same files but without the .1.h but with .h only. I renamed all 
> the above files from .1.h to .h and finally succeeded in compiling 
> without any problems.
> I don't know if get something very wrong here but it looked like some 
> sort wrong file names for me.
> Hopefully I haven't wasted your time with "fake" problems.
>
> Marius
>
This is not a problem with the source from kernel.org but rather a 
problem with case-sensitivity on your system. It looks like only files 
with the same name (not being case-sensitive) are renamed to the .1 ending.

Daniel Andersen