Re: make xconfig fails for older kernels

[Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>]

Felix Oxley wrote:
> I have downloaded 2.6.0 + patches up to 2.6.13 from kernel.org.
> 
> When I try to configure the kernel using 'make xconfig' I get the following 
> error:
> 
> scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of ‘current_menu’ 
> follows non-static declaration
> scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of ‘current_menu’ was 
> here
> make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
> make: *** [xconfig] Error 2
> 
> I attempted make menuconfig, make config, and make oldconfig but each failed 
> with the same error,
> 
> This happens on 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2 2.6.3, 2.6.4.
> I have previously built newer kernels such as 2.6.13-rc2-rt7 without a 
> problem.

What gcc version? The configuration program may have had some compile 
bugs with newer compilers that were fixed in later kernels. In 
particular I think gcc4 is stricter about those "static declaration 
follows non-static" problems.

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