On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:37:56PM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:57:56AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > >Hi list! > > > > > > > > > >I was trying to backport libcups2-dev from lenny to etch when I met > > > > >with the following error (from config.log) > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > >/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: error: linux/limits.h: No such > file > > > > >or directory > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > >How do I get around this? > > > > > > > > > >I did try to build cups again after having installed > > > > >linux-headers-2.6.18-6-486, since linux/limit.h exist in that > package, > > > > >but that didn't help :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > What error did you get then? Because limits.h then existed. > > > > > > I got the same error. Which made me think, that I had to help the > > > build process to find linux/limit.h. Even though I have read for quite > > > some time ago, that in debian you should need to tamper with symlinks > > > for kernel-headers, I did just that. > > > > > > # cd /usr/include/linux > > > # ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-486/include/linux/limits.h > > > > > > Tried to build again, and this time the build process got longer and > > > bailed out with an other error: > > > > > > Making all in cups... > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/root/cups-1.3.8/cups' > > > Compiling adminutil.c... > > > In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35, > > > from http.h:43, > > > from ipp.h:26, > > > from cups.h:32, > > > from adminutil.h:29, > > > from adminutil.c:36: > > > /usr/include/bits/socket.h:304:24: error: asm/socket.h: No such file or > > > directory > > > In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, > > > from adminutil.c:39: > > > /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:26: error: linux/errno.h: No such file or > > > directory > > > In file included from /usr/include/signal.h:333, > > > from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:30, > > > from adminutil.c:45: > > > /usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h:28:29: error: asm/sigcontext.h: No such > file > > > or directory > > > make[2]: *** [adminutil.o] Error 1 > > > > > > This time asm/socket.h is not on my system, but many very similar files > do > > > exist here: > > > > > > $ find /usr/include -iname socket.h > > > /usr/include/bits/socket.h > > > /usr/include/sys/socket.h > > > /usr/include/asm-i486/socket.h > > > /usr/include/asm-x86_64/socket.h > > > > > > but not asm/socket.h > > > > > > Rather than continuing to manually hack around each the compilation > > > path/problem, I would like to understand what is wrong with my system. > > > > > > -- > > > Note that I use Debian version 4.0 > > > Linux amin 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i586 GNU/Linux > > > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > GPG Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFI9I1sfCyHKnBQYU4RAs90AJ4rUQWuylI0aF4JXVxoZHbqHYCvSgCfbYST > > > သ岿䣨ⳤ爣콘�= > > > =jRHx > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > Do you have the kernel source (for your particular version) installed? > > No. > > $ uname -a > Linux debian 2.6.18-6-486 #1 Thu Apr 24 07:59:30 UTC 2008 i486 GNU/Linux > > $ dpkg -l "linux-source-*" | grep ^ii > ii linux-source-2.6.24 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.5 Linux kernel source for > version 2.6.24 with Debian patches > > But I do have the header packages installed. > > $ dpkg -l "linux-*headers*" | grep ^ii > ii linux-headers-2.6.18-6 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch3 Common header files > for Linux 2.6.18 > ii linux-headers-2.6.18-6-486 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch3 Header files for Linux > 2.6.18 on x86 > ii linux-kernel-headers 2.6.18-7 Linux Kernel Headers > for development > > -- > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? > A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could > use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been > altered on the way to you. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFI9KSifCyHKnBQYU4RAq1XAKDP1tcm5fJQi1GXJSBsaCUfx6ubaQCfWx38 > 6l17s7bLTNny/ebtM2yvvZo= > =XSfd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Install the source for the kernel in use and see if the problem still appears.
