Re: I Broke Something

[Gustavo Joćo Alves Marques Carneiro <ee96090 fe up pt>]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Gustavo Joćo Alves Marques Carneiro wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote:
> 
> > I've been using gnome for about 1 week now, so if this question seems
> > somewhat ignorant, forgive me.  I used Helix to download and install
> > gnome.  I did not download the development directories.  Later, I was
> > trying to install a RPM, and it complained that it could not find some
> > library.  So, using Helix, I downloaded and installed all of the
> > development libraries and files.  The RPM installed just fine, but now I
> > can't get anything to compile, even programs that previously compiled
> > with no problem.  Following is the output of an attempt to compile
> > bluefish-0.4, which I have previously successfully installed on my
> > system:
> > 
> > In file included from /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25
> >                              from /usr/include/errno.h:36
> >                              from init.c:27
> > /usr/include/linux/errno.h:4: asm/errno.h: No such file or directory
> > make[1]: *** [init.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/working/bluefish-0.4/src'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > 
> > This error message is fairly common, regardless of what I try to
> > compile, although the length of the error message varies from program to
> > program.  The error always complains of asm/something-or-other.
> > 
> > Any ideas on what I've broken?  I'd sure like to get this fixed.  I've
> > got miles of code to compile.
> 
>   Maybe it's not your fault. Does the directory /usr/include/asm exist? If
> not, make sure you have the linux kernel sources installed. If it's a
> broken link, you have to fix it:
> 	rm /usr/include/asm
> 	ln -s /usr/include/asm /usr/src/linux/.../asm-i386

  Oops! After reading this I realized that the ln -s is reversed. Its':
	ln -s /usr/src/linux/.../asm-i386 /usr/include/asm

  (it's ln -s target link_name)

> or something like that (I don't remember exactly).
> 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
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> 

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Gustavo J.A.M. Carneiro
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