Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:48:56 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: make xconfig fails for older kernels |
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Felix Oxley wrote: > I have downloaded 2.6.0 + patches up to 2.6.13 from kernel.org. > > When I try to configure the kernel using 'make xconfig' I get the following > error: > > scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of ‘current_menu’ > follows non-static declaration > scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of ‘current_menu’ was > here > make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1 > make: *** [xconfig] Error 2 > > I attempted make menuconfig, make config, and make oldconfig but each failed > with the same error, > > This happens on 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2 2.6.3, 2.6.4. > I have previously built newer kernels such as 2.6.13-rc2-rt7 without a > problem.
What gcc version? The configuration program may have had some compile bugs with newer compilers that were fixed in later kernels. In particular I think gcc4 is stricter about those "static declaration follows non-static" problems.
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