Re: MAKE errors when trying to compile in Ubuntu 9.10

On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 01:25:28AM -0500, Dieter R Kedrowitsch wrote:
> Greetings!  I am trying to compile ELKS from the archive  
> elks-0.1.3.tar.gz and I am experiencing an error during make that I have  
> never seen before.  I am using bin86 0.16.17 on a pretty much stock  
> installation of Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> This is just a small snippet of an error that is repeated many times  
> when I run make to 'make dep'.
>
> printf: 1: $[0x000103-1]: expected numeric value
> printf: 1: $[0x000103-1]: expected numeric value
> printf: 1: $[0x000103-1]: expected numeric value

This looks like your shell doesn't like some particular printf syntax.
Doesn't Ubuntu use dash as /bin/sh? Try setting it to bash

Frank

> boot/setup.S:588: error: macro names must be identifiers
> make[2]: *** [boot/setup.s] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/elks/arch/i86'
> make[1]: *** [Image] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/elks'
> make: *** [elks] Error 2
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
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