Re: kernel source dependency

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Apr 03 2007 - 11:17:39 EST


On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:22:22 +0800 Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure whether a fix is necessary for the following scenario.
>
> The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses. FWIW, it
> could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that
> ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could
> be prompted to install the package.

Hi,
Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages:

echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries."
echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries"
echo " *** "
echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again"
echo " *** "

Do you not see them? or do you need something different?

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~Randy
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