If you try to run `make menuconfig' on a system that lacks ncurses development libs, you get an error message telling you to install ncurses-devel. Some popular distributions don't have an ncurses-devel package. This patch generalizes the error message. Patch is against 2.6.12.
MAINTAINERS doesn't list a maintainer for menuconfig or lxdialog, so I sent this to lkml, kbuild-devel, and to the kconfig maintainer. Signed-off-by: Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/scripts/lxdialog/Makefile 2005-07-04 09:31:38.000000000 -0400 +++ b/scripts/lxdialog/Makefile 2005-07-04 09:38:05.000000000 -0400 @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ echo -e "\007" ;\ echo ">> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries." ;\ echo ">>" ;\ - echo ">> You must install ncurses-devel in order" ;\ - echo ">> to use 'make menuconfig'" ;\ + echo ">> You must install ncurses development libraries" ;\ + echo ">> to use 'make menuconfig'. If you have an RPM-based" ;\ + echo ">> Debian-based distribution you should install the" ;\ + echo ">> ncurses-devel package." ;\ echo ;\ exit 1 ;\ fi Kurt -- "I have a very firm grasp on reality! I can reach out and strangle it any time!" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/