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From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: menuconfig: fail with clearer error if curses.h N/A
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:23:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200710142323.21139.elendil@planet.nl> (raw)

It would be nice if 'make menuconfig' could fail earlier or with a clearer
error if curses.h is not available. The actual error is currently rather
buried in a huge amount of indirect errors.

After installing libncurses-dev (Debian) everything was fine.

$ make menuconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o
In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24:
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:32:20: error: curses.h: No such file or directory
In file included from scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:24:
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:97: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘chtype’
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:187: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:194: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:196: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:197: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:198: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:199: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h:201: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:31: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:59: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c:95: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c: In function ‘dialog_checklist’:
[another 30 or so lines with warnings/errors omitted]

Cheers,
FJP

             reply	other threads:[~2007-10-14 21:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-14 21:23 Frans Pop [this message]
2007-12-09 19:13 ` menuconfig: fail with clearer error if curses.h N/A Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-09 19:35   ` Frans Pop
2007-12-09 19:55     ` Sam Ravnborg

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