> > I want to compile the kernel-29 or kernel-30 source and I want to be able > to use "make menuconfig". The problem is: > > kernel-source-2.0.29 suggests ncurses-dev (for menuconfig) > kernel-source-2.0.29 recommends gcc > ncurses-dev depends on libc5-dev > gcc conflicts with libc5-dev
You must be getting packages from unstable. Unstable gcc is configured to work with libc6, hence it conflicts with libc5-dev. in order to compile with libc5 while using unstable, you need to get altgcc, libc5-altdev and other relevant altdev packages (ncurses3-altdev in this case). However, you can just get the ncurses3.4-dev which is compiled with libc6 and you would not need to use any of alt* packages. Unfortunately, ncurses3.4-dev is still stuck in the Incoming, I think. > > Now, I suppose that I *could* install the kernel and ncurses to *configure* > and then remove ncurses and then install gcc to compile, but this is, as an > associate likes to say, "functional, yet dysfunctional". That wouldn't work, because you need to compile the menuconfig front end. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .