2.5.40: make menuconfig error

2.5.40: make menuconfig error

[Frederik Nosi]

Please CC me because I'm not in the list
Here it is:


Menuconfig has encountered a possible error in one of the kernel's
configuration files and is unable to continue.  Here is the error
report:

 Q> ./scripts/Menuconfig: MCmenu74: command not found

Please report this to the maintainer <mec@shout.net>.  You may also
send a problem report to <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>.

Please indicate the kernel version you are trying to configure and
which menu you were trying to enter when this error occurred.

make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1


Another strangeness: Some drivers do not build and finding the errors is 
difficult because the error messages come only during linking. When I build 
the kernel usually run this command:

make (bzImage | modules) 2> /some/file .

During compiling i haven't get any compile error, this seems as the linker 
goes searching for files not compiled:

ld: cannot open ircomm_tty.o: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [ircomm-tty.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [ircomm] Error 2
make[1]: *** [irda] Error 2
make: *** [net] Error 2


Cheers,
Frederik Nosi

Re: 2.5.40: make menuconfig error

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 02:03:00PM +0200, Frederik Nosi wrote:
> Please CC me because I'm not in the list
> Here it is:
> 
> 
> Menuconfig has encountered a possible error in one of the kernel's
> configuration files and is unable to continue.  Here is the error
> report:
> 
>  Q> ./scripts/Menuconfig: MCmenu74: command not found
> 
> Please report this to the maintainer <mec@shout.net>.  You may also
> send a problem report to <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>.
> 
> Please indicate the kernel version you are trying to configure and
> which menu you were trying to enter when this error occurred.
> 
> make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
There is something wrong in the ALSA Config.in, fix already posted.
See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com?l=linux-kernel

> 
> 
> Another strangeness: Some drivers do not build and finding the errors is 
> difficult because the error messages come only during linking. When I build 
> the kernel usually run this command:
> 
> make (bzImage | modules) 2> /some/file .
> 
> During compiling i haven't get any compile error, this seems as the linker 
> goes searching for files not compiled:
> 
> ld: cannot open ircomm_tty.o: No such file or directory
> make[3]: *** [ircomm-tty.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [ircomm] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [irda] Error 2
> make: *** [net] Error 2
An error happened when compiling ircomm-tty or one of the composite objects.
Try using:
make KBUILD_VERBOSE=0
Then you will see the error.

Fix already posted to lkml, and present in Linus's latest BK tree.

	Sam
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Frederik Nosi
> 
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(PATCH) Re: 2.5.40: make menuconfig error

[Carlos E Gorges]

On Quarta 02 Outubro 2002 09:44, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 02:03:00PM +0200, Frederik Nosi wrote:
> > Please CC me because I'm not in the list
> > Here it is:
> >
> >
> > Menuconfig has encountered a possible error in one of the kernel's
> > configuration files and is unable to continue.  Here is the error
> > report:
> >
> >  Q> ./scripts/Menuconfig: MCmenu74: command not found
> >

The following patch fix it

--- linux-2.5.40/sound/Config.in	Tue Oct  1 04:06:30 2002
+++ linux-2.5/sound/Config.in	Wed Oct  2 07:27:04 2002
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@
 if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_ARM" = "y" ]; then
   source sound/arm/Config.in
 fi
-if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC32" = "y" ]; then
-  source sound/sparc/Config.in
-fi
-if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC64" = "y" ]; then
+if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC32" = "y" ] || [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC64" = "y" ];then
   source sound/sparc/Config.in
 fi
 
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Re: (PATCH) Re: 2.5.40: make menuconfig error

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

> > >  Q> ./scripts/Menuconfig: MCmenu74: command not found
> 
> The following patch fix it
> 
> --- linux-2.5.40/sound/Config.in	Tue Oct  1 04:06:30 2002
> +++ linux-2.5/sound/Config.in	Wed Oct  2 07:27:04 2002
> @@ -31,10 +31,7 @@
>  if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_ARM" = "y" ]; then
>    source sound/arm/Config.in
>  fi
> -if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC32" = "y" ]; then
> -  source sound/sparc/Config.in
> -fi
> -if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC64" = "y" ]; then
> +if [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC32" = "y" ] || [ "$CONFIG_SND" != "n" -a "$CONFIG_SPARC64" = "y" ];then
                                                         ^^^^
and you will break xconfig.

>    source sound/sparc/Config.in
>  fi

Valid syntax is described in

Documentation/kbuild/config-language.txt

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