Hi! On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:56:31 +0100, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org> wrote: > Kevin Madhu, le Mon 18 Feb 2013 19:17:06 +0530, a écrit : > > The errors displayed when I try compiling the code(following > > http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/ > > gnumach/building.html) is given as attachment. > > > mig -n -cc cat - /dev/null \ > > -user vm/memory_object_user.user.c -header > > vm/memory_object_user.user.h \ > > -list vm/memory_object_user.user.msgids > > \ > > < vm/lib_dep_tr_for_defs_a-memory_object_user.user.defs.o > > "../include/mach/memory_object.defs", line 32: syntax error > > Which version of mig are you using?
And, what's the content of memory_object.defs? It should be a file of roughly 10 KiB size; you can attach it in full if it isn't considerably bigger. > I'd advise using the package from Debian. Generally a good suggestions, yet MIG from Savannah Git should be fine, too. > > I am planning to study the code through an hands-on approach by > > installing the sytem(first the microkernel alone, then moving on to > > Hurd when I understand Mach and so on) Some (hopefully) obvious references: <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/documentation.html>, <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/documentation.html>, <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/microkernel/mach/mig/documentation.html>, <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/documentation.html>. Grüße, Thomas
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