From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932198AbWDFWnl (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:43:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932199AbWDFWnl (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:43:41 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:11271 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932198AbWDFWnk (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:43:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:43:39 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Paolo Ciarrocchi Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: problem compiling 2.6.16.1 Message-ID: <20060406224339.GC7118@stusta.de> References: <4d8e3fd30604060221i1d49cf2brd5fd786b6ce75822@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d8e3fd30604060221i1d49cf2brd5fd786b6ce75822@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 11:21:46AM +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > Hi all, > a friend of mine got this error compiling 2.6.16.1 and we don't know > what's wrong: > > uno:/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1# make O=/home/dan/build/kernel menuconfig > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep >... > /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory >... > Any hint? Your friend has gcc installed, but not the kernel headers that should be provided by his distribution for usage with his libc (although they are similar, these are _not_ the headers of the kernel he is trying to compile). > Paolo cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed