Re: Question about compiling...

[Bob Proulx]

Hello Jeremy

Oops.  Caught you in a faux pas.  Discussion like this should be kept
on the mailing list.  :-)  Especially since I have been traveling and
away from the keyboard for the week.

Jeremy Buseman wrote:
> I'm running a source based GNU linux system with kernel 2.5.70 and
> gcc-3.3.  I'm attempting to compile coreutils 5.0.

> Below are output files from configure and make.  I also included my
> /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h header file.  Hope this is plenty to find
> the problem:

Thank you very much for testing this combination and reporting
results.  I am CC'ing the list to return what I think are the relevant
portions there.

> I apologise for the extreme size of the this email, but for some
> reason Yahoo doesn't seem to like making attachments today.

Ahem, yes, at 1 MB in size (!) that is rather large for the list.  Let
me take a stab at reducing it.

> checking sys/sysctl.h usability... no
> checking sys/sysctl.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysctl.h: present but cannot
> be compiled
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysctl.h: check for missing
> prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysctl.h: proceeding with the
> preprocessor's result
> configure: WARNING:     ##
> ------------------------------------ ##
> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to
> address@hidden ##
> configure: WARNING:     ##
> ------------------------------------ ##
> checking for sys/sysctl.h... yes

> configure:5186: checking sys/sysctl.h usability
> configure:5198: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
> In file included from /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:29,
>                  from /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h:28,
>                  from conftest.c:84:
> /usr/include/linux/list.h:458:2: warning: #warning
> "don't include kernel headers in userspace"
> In file included from /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h:28,
>                  from conftest.c:84:
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:39: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:41: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:42: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:43: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:46: error: parse error
> before '}' token
> configure:5201: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:

> if gcc -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
> -I. -I.. -I.. -I.    -g -O2 -MT physmem.o -MD -MP -MF
> ".deps/physmem.Tpo" \
>   -c -o physmem.o `test -f 'physmem.c' || echo
> './'`physmem.c; \
> then mv ".deps/physmem.Tpo" ".deps/physmem.Po"; \
> else rm -f ".deps/physmem.Tpo"; exit 1; \
> fi
> In file included from /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:29,
>                  from /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h:28,
>                  from physmem.c:52:
> /usr/include/linux/list.h:458:2: warning: #warning
> "don't include kernel headers in userspace"
> In file included from /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h:28,
>                  from physmem.c:52:
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:39: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:41: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:42: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:43: error: parse error
> before '*' token
> /usr/include/linux/sysctl.h:46: error: parse error
> before '}' token
> make[3]: *** [physmem.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/downloads/gnu/coreutils-5.0/lib'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/downloads/gnu/coreutils-5.0/lib'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/downloads/gnu/coreutils-5.0'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> sysctl.h header file -

[...I cleaned up what looked like word wrapping on this file...]

/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Lesser General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307 USA.  */

#ifndef _SYS_SYSCTL_H

#define _SYS_SYSCTL_H   1
#include <features.h>

__BEGIN_DECLS

#define __need_size_t
#include <stddef.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>

/* Read or write system parameters.  */
extern int sysctl (int __user, int *__name, int __nlen, void *__oldval,
                   size_t *__oldlenp, void *__newval, size_t __newlen) __THROW;

__END_DECLS

#endif  /* _SYS_SYSCTL_H */

Bob