Older Slackware (3.0?) and Red Hat (3.0.3) releases have GNU expr
version 1.12. It core dumps with the new expr calls in Configure and
Menuconfig.
To make things worse, GNU expr 1.15 changed the syntax so you can't
write a regexp that works with both 1.12 and 1.15 or newer.
I have patches at
ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/kernel/linux2.0.30-gcc2.7.2-5 that fix
this. Look for Configure.patch.gz and Menuconfig.patch.gz. The
patches work by first testing expr to see which syntax it supports,
and then using one of two different regexps depending on what the expr
on your system supports.
Upgrading to a newer (1.15 or greater) expr release is another
alternative.
Larry
Larry Augustin Tel: +1.415.934.3666
VA Research, Inc. Fax: +1.415.964.7668
1235 Pear Ave., Suite 109 Email: lma@varesearch.com
Mountain View, CA 94043 Web: http://www.varesearch.com
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>From: "RyliX [IC]" <RyliX@Glo.Be>
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>Subject: Segmentation fault [./scripts/mkdep & ./drivers/sound/configure scripts]
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>Hy,
>
>I have a problem compiling the Linux kernel with SlackWare 3.2
>When I do 'make config' it goes fine till the soundblaster configuration
>and it exits with
>an error [139].
>When I execute the configure script in the drivers/sound dir I get a segmentation fault error
>The same happend with the mkdep script ... so I can't compile the kernel !!
>It's kernel version 2.0.29, but with kernel 2.1.35 I have
>the same problem.
>Everything worked fine though with the previous SlackWare
>release ...
>Why is this?
>
>
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>Information required
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>
>CMOS/BIOS: Manufacturer: Asus
> Date: August 1996
> Version: #401A0-0103
>CPU: Pentium Pro [686]
>CPU SPEED: 200 mhz
>CPU Manufacturer: Intel
>L2 Cache: 256K
>SYSTEM RAM: 32MB
>BUS: ISA EISA PCI
>
>HARD DRIVE INTERFACE: SCSI
>CONTROLLER TYPE: Adaptec AHA2940 Ultra-Wide
>HARD DRIVES: Quantum Atlas 2GB Ultra-Wide
>CDROM DRIVES: Mitsume 12x ATAPI
>
>OTHER CARDS: EtherNet IRQ:2/9, I/O:260, NE2000 Generic, ISA
> Sound Blaster 64 IRQ:5 I/O:220, Creative, EISA
> Modem 33.6 IRQ:3, COM:4, TRON, ISA
>
>Linux Developer Resource: April 1997
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