Public bug reported: When attempting to compile kernel 2.6.18-rc2 on Edgy with updates as of today, the compilation fails with the last few lines of output being
UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 init/built-in.o: In function `try_name': do_mounts.c:(.text+0x5a5): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail' init/built-in.o: In function `name_to_dev_t': (.text+0x889): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail' init/built-in.o: In function `change_floppy': (.init.text+0x862): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail' init/built-in.o: In function `mount_block_root': (.init.text+0xb14): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail' init/built-in.o: In function `do_header': initramfs.c:(.init.text+0x4211): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail' arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o:(.text+0x37a3): more undefined references to `__stack_chk_fail' follow make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 I understand that this is due to problems with the stack smashing protection. Apparently this problem also appears with the Edgy kernel, so I was told to file a bug against this package. The following thread may also be of interest: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/day=20060702 This is on AMD64 with gcc version 4.1.1-9ubuntu1. ** Affects: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- Kernel does not compile on Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/53943 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
