[2.1.113] No-console config still won't build

Steve Snyder (steve_snyder@gilbarco.com)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 08:39:49 -0400


As in (at least) the last several kernel versions, v2.1.113 won't build if
support for the VGA console has been disabled. The build quits with this error:

drivers/video/video.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run
ranlib to add one

The last time I complained about this a helpful person posted a patch to
Rules.make that fixes the problem (shown below). How come this patch hasn't
made it into the kernel? Am I the only person who is using the no-console
config option?

Thank you.

79c79,80
< $(AR) rcs $@

---
> #     $(AR) rcs $@
>       echo | $(CC) -c -o $@ -x cpp-output -

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