From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261286AbVGDPxn (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:53:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261285AbVGDPxn (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:53:43 -0400 Received: from dsl017-059-136.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([69.17.59.136]:50346 "EHLO luther.kurtwerks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261286AbVGDPqh (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:46:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:46:52 -0400 From: Kurt Wall To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, zippel@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]Fix menuconfig error message Message-ID: <20050704154652.GA2082@kurtwerks.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, zippel@linux-m68k.org References: <20050704135700.GB32056@kurtwerks.com> <20050704151632.GF16867@khan.acc.umu.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050704151632.GF16867@khan.acc.umu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.12 X-Woot: Woot! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 05:16:32PM +0200, David Weinehall wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:57:00AM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote: > > If you try to run `make menuconfig' on a system that lacks ncurses > > development libs, you get an error message telling you to install > > ncurses-devel. Some popular distributions don't have an ncurses-devel > > package. This patch generalizes the error message. Patch is against > > 2.6.12. [...] > > + echo ">> to use 'make menuconfig'. If you have an RPM-based" ;\ > > + echo ">> Debian-based distribution you should install the" ;\ > > + echo ">> ncurses-devel package." ;\ > > echo ;\ > > exit 1 ;\ > > fi > > You know, I'd say that *very* few (approximately zero) > Debian-based distributions are RPM-based =) The Debian package is > called libncurses5-dev, btw. Silly typo. I'll post a new patch with the Debian package name. Thanks. Kurt -- Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.