On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 09:02:38AM +0000, Nidge Jones wrote: > > Stephen Pitts Writes.. > > > Whats wrong with the kernel compile? You shouldn't need anything from > > oldlibs to make that work. What version do you have? > > Version of what ! > The kernel. Sorry, I was unclear.
> > In a nutshell, you need the -dev version of any library that a program > > needs. > > Example: > > To compile the kernel, you need libc6-dev > > Yup - installed > > > and libncurses4-dev (if you use make menuconfig). > > Well I don't have a package actually called this. But I do have these > installed??... > > ncurses-base (1.9.9g-8.8) > ncurses-bin (1.9.9g-8.8) > ncurses3.4 (1.9.9g-8.8) > ncurses-term (1.9.9g-8.8) > ncurses3.4-dev (1.9.9g-8.8) > Looks good to me, you have ncurses3.4 and the -dev. > > Moral of the story: oldlibs is only for programs that you don't have the > > source for. Anything else, you should link against glibc2 based libraries. > > OK > > -- > Nidge Jones Perhaps you could post the error messages? -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
