[PATCH] kconfig: if ncurses-devel is missing then say so

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sun Dec 09 2007 - 14:11:15 EST


With this patch when ncurses-devel (or whatever it is named)
is missing trying to run menuconfig will result in this:

$ make menuconfig
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
*** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the
*** required header files.
*** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.
***
*** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again.
***
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/dochecklxdialog] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2

Much better than before where we just listed some build errors.
The other *config targets will work indepenednt on ncurses
being present or not.

Includes improvements suggested by: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 14 ++++++++------
scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh | 16 +++++++++-------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 1ad6f7f..8091435 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ HOST_LOADLIBES = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))

HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -DLOCALE

-PHONY += $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
-$(obj)/dochecklxdialog:
- $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -check $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_LOADLIBES)
-
-always := dochecklxdialog
-

# ===========================================================================
# Shared Makefile for the various kconfig executables:
@@ -145,6 +139,14 @@ clean-files := lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \
.tmp_gtkcheck zconf.tab.c lex.zconf.c zconf.hash.c
clean-files += mconf qconf gconf

+# Check that we have the required ncurses stuff installed for lxdialog (menuconfig)
+PHONY += $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
+$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lxdialog)): $(obj)/dochecklxdialog
+$(obj)/dochecklxdialog:
+ $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -check $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOST_LOADLIBES)
+
+always := dochecklxdialog
+
# Add environment specific flags
HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/check.sh $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS))

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 9681476..62e1e02 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -36,14 +36,16 @@ trap "rm -f $tmp" 0 1 2 3 15

# Check if we can link to ncurses
check() {
- echo "main() {}" | $cc -xc - -o $tmp 2> /dev/null
+ echo -e " #include CURSES_LOC \n main() {}" |
+ $cc -xc - -o $tmp 2> /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
- echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries." 1>&2
- echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries" 1>&2
- echo " *** " 1>&2
- echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again" 1>&2
- echo " *** " 1>&2
- exit 1
+ echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the" 1>&2
+ echo " *** required header files." 1>&2
+ echo " *** 'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries." 1>&2
+ echo " *** " 1>&2
+ echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again." 1>&2
+ echo " *** " 1>&2
+ exit 1
fi
}

--
1.5.3.4

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