On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Michael Cree <mc...@orcon.net.nz> wrote: >> Looks like the cause is that isolib.h #include-s <asm/stat.h> from >> linux-libc-dev which conflicts in namespace with sys/stat from glibc. >> So in the spirit of >> >> aboot (1.0~pre20040408-2) unstable; urgency=low >> >> * Include userspace headers from lib/isolib.c instead of kernel >> headers; this isn't kernel code anyway, and the kernel headers >> don't >> work right on i386 the way they're being used. >> >> does this patch help? > > The patch may be sufficient to get aboot building on most architectures > (which, I guess, would address the RC nature of this bug since Alpha is > not a release arch), but my recent test of building aboot on an Alpha > suggests that there are a lot more fixes required to get this package > building fully again on Alpha (the architecture aboot is intended for). > > Also upstream is pretty much unresponsive and has apparently forgotten > the password to the official sourceforge repo, so Matt Turner (Gentoo > developer, who I have CCed) and I are planning to fork aboot so that we > can give it some needed attention. > > For the purposes of this RC bug I guess I should try the patch on aboot, > build it on a PC and see if that is capable of making a working boot > disc for an Alpha. It may be a few days before I can do that. > > Cheers > Michael.
Here's the equivalent Gentoo bug report and patch/workaround: https://bugs.gentoo.org/364697 Thanks, Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
