Re: PPP 2.3.5 won't compile

Stefan Laudat (stefan@ns.asit.ro)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:32:31 +0200

On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 06:53:45PM -0500, John LeMay wrote:
> Seems like I've tried everything suggested on the linux-ppp list here at
> least four times! I'm still unable to compile ppp-2.3.5 though. Thought
> I'd repost and include the kernel folks and see if anyone else has a
> suggestion. Basically, this is what I have:
>
> RH 5.1
> 2.2.1
> kernel source in /usr/src/linux
> ppp source being compiled from /usr/local/src/ppp-2.3.5
> (from here did ./configure, make kernel, make)

Hi John,
ppp-2.3.5 is just a minor example of the real problem with 'compiling sources with redhat'.
It seems like it's kinda made for kiddies using rpm, I've encountered many difficulties trying to
compile many other packages ( remember the named 4.9.6 crisis ) named 4.9.7, gated,, gtk and glib,
diald, vim and so on. maybe in the nearest future they will *organize* the <include> structure
so we won't have to do it "by hand" :)
I wonder why the linux kernel _still_ compiles under redhat :)
Stefan

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