From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sfi-mx-1.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.121] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by h25xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N7aLL-0007f3-Dl for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:56:03 +0000 Received: from mail-pz0-f191.google.com ([209.85.222.191]) by 29vjzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) id 1N7aLI-00073J-UU for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:56:03 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200911091422.07495.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <1257220567.10382.3.camel@munipradeep-laptop> <200911031130.05930.vapier@gentoo.org> <1257788361.7677.70.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <200911091422.07495.vapier@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:55:54 -0800 Message-ID: <364299f40911091155t15fbae6am766e5e0b7b53387c@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: [LTP] Got warning message on ltp-full-20091031 while running ./configure List-Id: Linux Test Project General Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: ltp-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Mike Frysinger Cc: ltp-list On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2009 12:39:21 Subrata Modak wrote: >> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 12:30 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > On Tuesday 03 November 2009 11:05:10 Garrett Cooper wrote: >> > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > > > On Tuesday 03 November 2009 08:01:08 Garrett Cooper wrote: >> > > >> >> On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 09:26 +0530, Munipradeep Beerakam wrote: >> > > >> >> > I got the following warning messages while running >> > > >> >> > "./configure" on the ltp-full-20091031. However, make and ma= ke >> > > >> >> > install worked fine. >> > > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: present but cannot be >> > > >> >> > compiled configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: =A0 =A0 chec= k for >> > > >> >> > missing prerequisite headers? >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: see the Autoconf >> > > >> >> > documentation configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: >> > > >> >> > section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: proceeding with the >> > > >> >> > preprocessor's result >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: linux/genetlink.h: in the future, the >> > > >> >> > compiler will take precedence >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: =A0 =A0 ## >> > > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------ ## >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: =A0 =A0 ## Report this to >> > > >> >> > ltp-results@lists.sourceforge.net ## >> > > >> >> > configure: WARNING: =A0 =A0 ## >> > > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------ ## >> > > >> >> > > >> =A0 =A0 Yeah -- I need to find the header that defines u32 (inste= ad of >> > > >> uint32 or uint32_t). Does anyone know which one was that again? I >> > > >> thought it was a kernel specific datatype (and in that event it >> > > >> shouldn't be exported). >> > > > >> > > > correct -- nothing in userspace should be using u32. =A0if the ker= nel >> > > > headers are, they're broken and need fixing, so complain to lkml/y= our >> > > > distro. >> > > >> > > =A0 =A0 That's what I figured -- ok. The test and the app should als= o be >> > > converted to straight linux/genetlink.h, because linux/genetlink.h is >> > > a superset of linux/netlink.h. >> > >> > we should get Subrata to generate the release with newer versions of >> > autotools (like autoconf-2.64) so that these warnings dont show up. = =A0if >> > the header cant >> >> I upgraded my system to 2.64 just now. >> >> $ /usr/bin/autoconf --version >> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.64 >> Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later >> >> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >> Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. >> >> Hope this would solve all such problems. > > well, the configure script wasnt really broken before. =A0people just cant > handle any sort of warning message and reading the related log files can = be > too much. I think we're kind of at fault for not having AC_MSG_INFO instead of AC_MSG_WARN, but oh well... AC_MSG_WARN is designed to be terse :]. -Garrett ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day = trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus = on = what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list