kernel source dependency

kernel source dependency

[Carlo Florendo]

Hello,

I'm not sure whether a fix is necessary for the following scenario.

The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses.   FWIW, it
could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that
ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could
be prompted to install the package.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo


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Re: kernel source dependency

[Stefan Richter]

Carlo Florendo wrote:
> The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses.   FWIW, it
> could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that
> ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could
> be prompted to install the package.

You could select your distributor's kernel source package in the package
manager of your choice and see which packages are auto-selected or
reported as required.
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Re: kernel source dependency

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:22:22 +0800 Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm not sure whether a fix is necessary for the following scenario.
> 
> The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses.   FWIW, it
> could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that
> ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could
> be prompted to install the package.

Hi,
Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:

	echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
	echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
	echo " *** "
	echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
	echo " *** "

Do you not see them?  or do you need something different?

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Re: kernel source dependency

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Apr 3 2007 08:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>Hi,
>Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:
>
>	echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
>	echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
>	echo " *** "
>	echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
>	echo " *** "
>
>Do you not see them?  or do you need something different?

Perhaps libreadline-devel? Though ncurses-devel will *most likely* have a
dependency on that, more even than the kernel does on ncurses-devel ;-)


Jan
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Re: kernel source dependency

[Carlo Florendo]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Apr 3 2007 08:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:
>>
>> 	echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
>> 	echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
>> 	echo " *** "
>> 	echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
>> 	echo " *** "
>>
>> Do you not see them?  or do you need something different?
> 
> Perhaps libreadline-devel? Though ncurses-devel will *most likely* have a
> dependency on that, more even than the kernel does on ncurses-devel ;-)

That is not so :)  The kernel-source's 'menuconfig' target does not need 
libreadline-devel.  Besides, there is no readline functionality that is 
evident at menuconfig.  Menu navigation is entirely done by ncurses calls.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo

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Re: kernel source dependency

[Carlo Florendo]

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:22:22 +0800 Carlo Florendo wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm not sure whether a fix is necessary for the following scenario.
>>
>> The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses.   FWIW, it
>> could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that
>> ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could
>> be prompted to install the package.
> 
> Hi,
> Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:
> 
> 	echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
> 	echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
> 	echo " *** "
> 	echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
> 	echo " *** "
> 
> Do you not see them?  or do you need something different?

Thanks. It seems I just made noise.   I saw exactly the same thing you 
posted, now that I've rested and it's 9:30AM.  I didn't see it the other 
day at 2:30AM.  Maybe I need more sleep :)

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo



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