From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966225AbXDDBQu (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:16:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966229AbXDDBQu (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:16:50 -0400 Received: from [202.78.101.198] ([202.78.101.198]:35548 "EHLO mail.hq.astra.ph" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966225AbXDDBQs (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:16:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4612FC57.2060207@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:16:07 +0800 From: Carlo Florendo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel source dependency References: <46120EBE.8080705@gmail.com> <20070403081853.6590ef84.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070403081853.6590ef84.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Carlo Florendo Softare Engineer/Network Co-Administrator Astra Philippines Inc. UP-Ayala Technopark, Diliman 1101, Quezon City Philippines http://www.astra.ph -- The Astra Group of Companies 5-3-11 Sekido, Tama City Tokyo 206-0011, Japan http://www.astra.co.jp