Re: [gentoo-user] can't compile kernel

[Daniel Iliev]

On Mon, Þëè 3, 2006 1:22 am, Sven Köhler wrote:
> Hi!,
>
> my gentoo just suprised me with the following:
>
> gwinet linux # pwd
> /usr/src/linux
> gwinet linux # make all
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: `set -e; echo '  CHK     include/linux/version.h';
> mkdir -p include/linux/;        if [ `echo -n "2.6.17.3 .file null
> .ident GCC:(GNU)4.1.1(Gentoo4.1.1) .section .note.GNU-stack,,@progbits"
> | wc -c ` -gt 64 ]; then echo '"2.6.17.3 .file null .ident
> GCC:(GNU)4.1.1(Gentoo4.1.1) .section .note.GNU-stack,,@progbits" exceeds
> 64 characters' >&2; exit 1; fi; (echo \#define UTS_RELEASE \"2.6.17.3
> .file null .ident GCC:(GNU)4.1.1(Gentoo4.1.1) .section
> .note.GNU-stack,,@progbits\"; echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE `expr 2
> \\* 65536 + 6 \\* 256 + 17`; echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a)
> << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))'; ) < /usr/src/linux-2.6.17.3/Makefile >
> include/linux/version.h.tmp; if [ -r include/linux/version.h ] && cmp -s
> include/linux/version.h include/linux/version.h.tmp; then rm -f
> include/linux/version.h.tmp; else echo '  UPD
> include/linux/version.h'; mv -f include/linux/version.h.tmp
> include/linux/version.h; fi'
> make: *** [include/linux/version.h] Error 2
>

Make a copy of your .config file if don't use /proc/config.gz.

Then do:
1) cd /usr/src/linux
2) make mrproper
3) zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
( or copy back .config in /usr/src/linux )
4) make oldconfig
5) make menuconfig
6) make
7) Do your kernel installation procedure

The most important part is "make mrproper". If compilation fails after this you
better rm -rf /usr/src/"your-version" and emerge a fresh copy of the sources you
use. For example
"emerge gentoo-sources"

HTH
-- 
Best regards,
Daniel

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