Addendum: Note you need to append the --arch=i386 to compile the kernel the Debian way.
Sorry for not using postfix notation. Paolo Falcone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > >David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > >>I have an unstable system with a 2.2.19 kernel. I am trying to compile a >>2.4.17 kernel, but I get the following error when I run "make-kpkg clean" >> >>claire:/usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux# make-kpkg clean >>dpkg: warning, architecture 386-none' not in remapping table >>rm -f modules/modversions.h modules/ksyms.ver debian/files stamp-build >>stamp-configure stamp-source stamp-image stamp-headers stamp-src stamp-diff >>stamp-doc stamp-buildpackage stamp-libc-kheaders stamp-debian >>test ! -f .config || cp -pf .config config.precious >>test -f Makefile && make ARCH=3Di386-none distclean >>make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux' >>Makefile:243: arch/i386-none/Makefile: No such file or directory >>make[1]: *** No rule to make target =01rch/i386-none/Makefile'. Stop. >>make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux' >>make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored) >>test ! -f config.precious || mv -f config.precious .config >>rm -rf debian/tmp-source debian/tmp-headers debian/tmp-image >>test -f stamp-building || test -f debian/official || rm -rf debian >> >> >>If I run make-kpkg --arch i386 clean, I do not get any error messages, but >>running "make-kpkg kernel_image" yields these error messages at the end of >>the compile: >> >>make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux' >>Makefile:243: arch/i386-none/Makefile: No such file or directory >>make[1]: *** No rule to make target =01rch/i386-none/Makefile'. Stop. >>make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux' >>make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 >> >> >>If I run "make-kpkg --arch i386 kernel_image", I get the following error >>messages at the end of the compile: >> >>make[1]: i386-linux-gcc: Command not found >>make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 127 >>make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/linux' >>make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 >> >>I have searched google and the debian mail archives, but the best answer I >>could find was to make sure all required packages were up to date. (They >>are) I think I recall reading about a problem with binutils, but the errors >>do not seem to be the same as what I am getting. I even found one posting >>with the same error, but it appears no one had an answer. >> >>Thanks in advance for any assistance. > >I also encountered this problem when I used the backported dpkg and dpkg- >dev for Potato from Marillat's apt site. I don't know what causes this, >but I figured out some work-arounds for this. It's a problem with dpkg >1.9.x if I remember right... > >Make the following symlinks. it should be enough for you to compile >a kernel, but you're not assured if that'll be enough to compile custom >debian packages: > > i386-linux-ar -> /usr/bin/ar > i386-linux-as -> /usr/bin/as > i386-linux-cpp -> /usr/bin/cpp > i386-linux-gcc -> /usr/bin/gcc > i386-linux-ld -> /usr/bin/ld > i386-linux-nm -> /usr/bin/nm > i386-linux-objcopy -> /usr/bin/objcopy > >There's ought to be a better way. I noticed that it prefixes i386-linux- >to the command. Where can I change the configs of dpkg or whatever causes >this so that i386-linux- would not be prefixed to the command? please help >on this! __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
