unable to make dep; limit.h

unable to make dep; limit.h

[Richard Spencer]

I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I tried to compile a new kernel (version 2.4.20) and I ended up with the following error message:

[root@jetty linux-2.4.20]# make dep
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep scripts/mkdep.c
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11,
                 from scripts/mkdep.c:35:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1

I currently run Linux kernel 2.2.22 on a pentium laptop and RedHat 6.2 and I would appreciate any help or suggestions as to where to look. Thank you!



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Re: unable to make dep; limit.h

[Ray Olszewski]

I didn't see any other replies to this. So while I'm sort of guessing here, 
I'm reply in the belief that my suggestion is at least better than nothing.

I notice that you are doing the compile from "linux-2.4.20". Normally, 
scripts expect to find kernel source in /usr/src/linux . If you  do not 
have it in such a directory (typically, you would actually put it in 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20 and make a symlink), then the script that looks for 
"/usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h" would be unable to find it ... as 
the last line of the error report you quote indicates (but without the full 
include path).

I'm not certain that this is the source of your problem, but it is probably 
worth a look.

At 09:12 PM 2/2/03 -0500, Richard Spencer wrote:

>I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I tried to compile a 
>new kernel (version 2.4.20) and I ended up with the following error message:
>
>[root@jetty linux-2.4.20]# make dep
>gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep 
>scripts/mkdep.c
>In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
>                  from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
>                  from 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117,
>                  from 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7,
>                  from 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11,
>                  from scripts/mkdep.c:35:
>/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
>make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1
>
>I currently run Linux kernel 2.2.22 on a pentium laptop and RedHat 6.2 and 
>I would appreciate any help or suggestions as to where to look. Thank you!


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Re: unable to make dep; limit.h

[Ken Moffat]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Ray Olszewski wrote:

> I didn't see any other replies to this. So while I'm sort of guessing here, 
> I'm reply in the belief that my suggestion is at least better than nothing.
> 
> I notice that you are doing the compile from "linux-2.4.20". Normally, 
> scripts expect to find kernel source in /usr/src/linux . If you  do not 
> have it in such a directory (typically, you would actually put it in 
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 and make a symlink), then the script that looks for 
> "/usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h" would be unable to find it ... as 
> the last line of the error report you quote indicates (but without the full 
> include path).
> 
> I'm not certain that this is the source of your problem, but it is probably 
> worth a look.
> 

 Ray,

 if you download the full tar for a current kernel (well, 2.4 and 2.5
anyway), you should find that it extracts into linux-2.4.20 (or
wherever), so its own scripts *ought* to work.  I wonder if Richard has
inadvertently deleted /usr/src/linux in preparation for the build, in
which case recreating it might work (but if it's necessary, it kind of
sounds like it should contain the headers used to build glibc).

Ken
-- 
 Out of the darkness a voice spake unto me, saying "smile, things could be
worse". So I smiled, and lo, things became worse.




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Re: unable to make dep; limit.h

[pa3gcu]

On Monday 03 February 2003 02:12, Richard Spencer wrote:
> I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I tried to compile a
> new kernel (version 2.4.20) and I ended up with the following error
> message:
>
> [root@jetty linux-2.4.20]# make dep
> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep
> scripts/mkdep.c In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
>                  from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
>                  from
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117, from
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7, from
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11, from
> scripts/mkdep.c:35:
> /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
> make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1
>
> I currently run Linux kernel 2.2.22 on a pentium laptop and RedHat 6.2 and
> I would appreciate any help or suggestions as to where to look. Thank you!

To add to Ray's advice, try running make mrproper before anthing else, it 
only needs to be run once after installing the source.
Before you do that now, copy .config into /usr/src otherwise it will get 
deleted.
mrproper creates the needed symlinks.

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Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/

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