Re: 2.6.33.16 Documentation/lguest breaks compile under debian x86

[Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@ece.ntua.gr>]

On 07/21/2011 05:15 PM, Jean Marc Olivieri wrote:
> I'm currently using :
> Distributor ID:	Debian
> Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.2 (squeeze)
> Release:	6.0.2
> Codename:	squeeze
> On x86 PC.
>
> Kernel 2.6.33.16 fails to compile due to unfound include. Thus I got rid of it and it works.
> I successfully built kernels against :
> 	- x86
> 	- x64
>
> Here's the patch :
>
> diff -u -r a/linux-2.6.33.16/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/linux-2.6.33.16/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
> --- a/linux-2.6.33.16/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c	2011-07-13 05:31:47.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/linux-2.6.33.16/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c	2011-07-21 15:16:03.331040033 +0200
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
>  #include <sys/uio.h>
>  #include <termios.h>
>  #include <getopt.h>
> -#include <zlib.h>
>  #include <assert.h>
>  #include <sched.h>
>  #include <limits.h>
>
>
> Jean-Marc OLIVIERI
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>
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More recent kernels have removed the zlib.h include (upstream patch
28ff4ef7 [1]), but the patch wasn't included it in the older
-stable/-longterm kernels (obviously ;).

Anyway, you could also install the zlib headers (I think zlib1g-dev in
Debian) to make lguest launcher code compile.

[1]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commit;h=28ff4ef71795fe6f6c0cc06a04911c9ca09c2c11

-- 
Stratos Psomadakis
<psomas@ece.ntua.gr>