Re: Missing Version.h

[Amias Channer]

Hello Ben ,

Brian solved the problem , i just hadn't config'ed or compiled the new
kernel . A program i was compiling tried to use version.h when it wasn't
there .

Toodle-pip
Amias

Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 09:10:48AM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > Amias Channer wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello All ,
> > >
> > > Apologies if i'm restating a known problem , I couldn't find any list
> > > archives to check .
> > > My new kernel (2.2.14 un-patched) appears to be missing version.h so i
> > > can't run configure scripts.
> > > I downloaded from kernel.org as a tar.gz and unpacked it how i usually
> > > do (into /usr/src/linux-2.2.14 and made a symlink to /usr/src/linux ) .
> > > Have i missed something obvious ?
> >
> > include/linxu/version.h is autogenerated from the makefile.  Are you
> > trying to run the configure scripts directly, or using make
> > {,x,old,menu}config?
> 
> I think he has /usr/include/{linux,asm} symlinked to the source tree. And
> configure scripts that check for kernel headers catch it when you haven't
> run "make config dep" or what have you.
> 
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