From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030317AbXDCPRY (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:17:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030319AbXDCPRX (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:17:23 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:37734 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030317AbXDCPRX (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:17:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:18:53 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Carlo Florendo Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel source dependency Message-Id: <20070403081853.6590ef84.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <46120EBE.8080705@gmail.com> References: <46120EBE.8080705@gmail.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:22:22 +0800 Carlo Florendo wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure whether a fix is necessary for the following scenario. > > The kernel configure target "make menuconfig" requires ncurses. FWIW, it > could probably be better if the error message would indicate that that > ncurses is necessary for "make menuconfig" to run and that the user could > be prompted to install the package. Hi, Without ncurses installed, you should see these messages: echo " *** Unable to find the ncurses libraries." echo " *** make menuconfig require the ncurses libraries" echo " *** " echo " *** Install ncurses (ncurses-devel) and try again" echo " *** " Do you not see them? or do you need something different? --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***