On 1/29/2011 5:52 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, David wrote: > > > the thing is, this change appears to go back to the 2.6.33 kernel. > here's the git commit for this: > > commit 5a865c0606eb44d5d12cabb429751c83712183de > Merge: 331d9d5 46e75f6 > Author: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> > Date: Thu Dec 17 07:23:42 2009 -0800 > > Merge branch 'for-33' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild > > * 'for-33' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild: (29 commits) > net: fix for utsrelease.h moving to generated > gen_init_cpio: fixed fwrite warning > kbuild: fix make clean after mismerge > kbuild: generate modules.builtin > genksyms: properly consider EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL{,_GPL}() > score: add asm/asm-offsets.h wrapper > unifdef: update to upstream revision 1.190 > kbuild: specify absolute paths for cscope > kbuild: create include/generated in silentoldconfig > scripts/package: deb-pkg: use fakeroot if available > scripts/package: add KBUILD_PKG_ROOTCMD variable > scripts/package: tar-pkg: use tar --owner=root > Kbuild: clean up marker > net: add net_tstamp.h to headers_install > kbuild: move utsrelease.h to include/generated > kbuild: move autoconf.h to include/generated <--- THERE > drop explicit include of autoconf.h > kbuild: move compile.h to include/generated > kbuild: drop include/asm > kbuild: do not check for include/asm-$ARCH > ... snip ... > > > so i'm puzzled why i never noticed this before. but clearly anything > which counts on finding autoconf.h in the old location isn't going to > work anymore. or maybe i'm just confused. > > oh, and i tried to install vmware player on the same system, and i > got an error with that as well, and it appears to have the same cause. > so i'm open to explanations.
Well I wish i could offer it to you Robert by I am just a simple user. And I only, occasionally, build software. But I agree that this is a good question. As I said before. I would suggest the forum. I see the developers there, and here, but a question asked there seems to be answered more quickly. -- David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
