RE: Error compiling

["Riley Williams" <Riley@Williams.Name>]

Hi Javier.

 * Nothing as pretty as a smile, nothing as ugly as a frown.

 > After a few months forgetting about elks, I'm trying to install
 > it again. I've got two questions:
 >
 > 1) The latest version available in the web page is 0.1.1, but
 >    this mailing list speaks of other newer versions... aren't
 >    they packtized?

Not yet, but 0.1.3-pre1 shortly will be. The releases on the ELKS
website can easily lag behind those being used since those with the
abilities to create releases are also the busiest of the developers.
The best way to obtain the current code is using CVS with commands
like the following...

    export CVS_RSH=`which ssh`
    CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.elks.sf.net:/cvsroot/elks
    cvs -d $CVSROOT get elks elkscmd elksnet elksutils

...which will download the current code base for all four packages,
and will drop it under the current directory.

 > 2) Version 0.1.1 gives me the next error:
 >
 > jsedano@taran:~/elks/elks-0.1.1> make Image
 >   Q> #define UTS_VERSION "#0.1.1?Thu Jul 17 20:14:02 CEST 2003"

=====8<===== CUT =====>8=====

 > bcc -0 -i -O -I/home/jsedano/elks/elks-0.1.1/include \
 >        -DELKS_VERSION_CODE=0x00010100 -DUTS_RELEASE=\"0.1.1\" \
 >        -D__KERNEL__ -ansi -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
 > make -C arch/i86 Image
 > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jsedano/elks/elks-0.1.1/arch/i86'

=====8<===== CUT =====>8=====

 > gcc -E -traditional -I/home/jsedano/elks/elks-0.1.1/include \
 >        -DELKS_VERSION_CODE=0x00010100 -DUTS_RELEASE=\"0.1.1\" \
 >        -D__KERNEL__ -o boot/bootsect.s boot/bootsect.S
 > as86 -0  -o boot/bootsect.o boot/bootsect.s
 > ld86 -0  -s -o boot/bootsect -M boot/bootsect.o > Boot.map
 > gcc -E -traditional -I/home/jsedano/elks/elks-0.1.1/include \
 >        -DELKS_VERSION_CODE=0x00010100 -DUTS_RELEASE=\"0.1.1\" \
 >        -D__KERNEL__ -o boot/setup.s boot/setup.S
 > boot/setup.S:588: macro names must be identifiers
 > make[1]: *** [boot/setup.s] Error 1
 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jsedano/elks/elks-0.1.1/arch/i86'
 > make: *** [Image] Error 2
 > jsedano@taran:~/elks/elks-0.1.1>

I'm not sure what that bug was, but it doesn't appear to be present
in the current CVS version which is 0.1.3-pre1 so has presumably been
fixed in the meantime.

Best wishes from Riley.
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