On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Smartboy wrote: > > I have checked, and went over the build exactly how the book says. > > What book? There are lots of versions. > > > Yet, when > > I try to compile the Linux API headers, I get stuck at make headers_check > > with the error message: > > "scripts/unifdef.c:209: error: conflicting types for 'getline' > > /usr/include/stdio.h:651: error: previous declaration of 'getline' was > here" > > I did a google search, and it seems that a patch was made for this, but > for > > more recent kernels. You can find the patch here ( > > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0903.0/01708.html), but > if > > you try to apply it, you should get errors. > > I suggest you read > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter01/askforhelp.html > > and then re-ask the question. > > You might also provide the results of the script in > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/prologue/hostreqs.html > > > -- Bruce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > Sorry about that, I am running Arch Linux with kernel version 2.6.30, and am using the 6.4 version of the book (current stable). I got it to work using the link that Justin posted, with a little modification to the patch. Here is my new patch for it: --- scripts/unifdef.c.orig 2008-10-25 15:05:07.000000000 -0700 +++ scripts/unifdef.c 2009-06-29 21:25:50.000000000 -0700 @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void error(const char *); static int findsym(const char *); static void flushline(bool); -static Linetype getline(void); +static Linetype get_line(void); static Linetype ifeval(const char **); static void ignoreoff(void); static void ignoreon(void); @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ for (;;) { linenum++; - lineval = getline(); + lineval = get_line(); trans_table[ifstate[depth]][lineval](); debug("process %s -> %s depth %d", linetype_name[lineval], @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ * help from skipcomment(). */ static Linetype -getline(void) +get_line(void) { const char *cp; int cursym;
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