From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261214AbVGDPQu (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:16:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261225AbVGDPQu (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:16:50 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:969 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261214AbVGDPQf (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jul 2005 11:16:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:16:32 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, zippel@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]Fix menuconfig error message Message-ID: <20050704151632.GF16867@khan.acc.umu.se> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, zippel@linux-m68k.org References: <20050704135700.GB32056@kurtwerks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050704135700.GB32056@kurtwerks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Editor: Vi Improved X-Accept-Language: Swedish, English X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 X-GPG-Key: http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/files/pub_dc47ca16.gpg.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 09:57:00AM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote: > If you try to run `make menuconfig' on a system that lacks ncurses > development libs, you get an error message telling you to install > ncurses-devel. Some popular distributions don't have an ncurses-devel > package. This patch generalizes the error message. Patch is against > 2.6.12. > > MAINTAINERS doesn't list a maintainer for menuconfig or lxdialog, > so I sent this to lkml, kbuild-devel, and to the kconfig maintainer. > > Signed-off-by: Kurt Wall > > > --- a/scripts/lxdialog/Makefile 2005-07-04 09:31:38.000000000 -0400 > +++ b/scripts/lxdialog/Makefile 2005-07-04 09:38:05.000000000 -0400 > @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ > echo -e "\007" ;\ > echo ">> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries." ;\ > echo ">>" ;\ > - echo ">> You must install ncurses-devel in order" ;\ > - echo ">> to use 'make menuconfig'" ;\ > + echo ">> You must install ncurses development libraries" ;\ > + echo ">> to use 'make menuconfig'. If you have an RPM-based" ;\ > + echo ">> Debian-based distribution you should install the" ;\ > + echo ">> ncurses-devel package." ;\ > echo ;\ > exit 1 ;\ > fi You know, I'd say that *very* few (approximately zero) Debian-based distributions are RPM-based =) The Debian package is called libncurses5-dev, btw. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/