Re: kernel-source dependency

Carlo Florendo wrote:
> Morten Nilsen wrote:
>> On 29/3/2007, "Carlo Florendo" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Morten Nilsen wrote:
>>>> I would patch the kernel makefile, and check if ncurses-devel was
>>>> installed..
>>>> If not, abort make and print a notice to install ncurses-devel
>>>>
>>>> I could even create a patch for that.
>>> Great!
>>>
>>> This is so nice and exactly what seems to me most plausible :)
>> Could you file a bug and cc me on it?
> 
> Ok.  We'll do that.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Carlo
> 


I've sent a message to the kernel mailing list about the ncurses error.  It 
seems that the kernel sources' make target, 'make menuconfig', *has* an 
appropriate error message when the system does not have ncurses.

On my TSL system, I removed ncurses and got the correct error message, here:

root@blabber /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.28-11tr# make menuconfig
<snip>

 >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries.
 >>
 >> You must have Ncurses installed in order
 >> to use 'make menuconfig'

<snip>

A reply on the kernel mailing list indicates that a similar error is spewed 
by make (I think this was on 2.6.x):

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

So I guess there's no need for a bug report and no need for a patch since 
the make target gives the appropriate error.  Are you seeing something 
different?

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo


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