Linux-Hams archive - August 1998: Re: Cannot compile ax25 utilities

Re: Cannot compile ax25 utilities

Bob Nielsen (aykpvgfc@rele.tunk.net)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:57:43 -0700 (MST)

This is because the ax25-utils source code is not compatible with glibc.
Craig Small, VK2XLZ has compiled it and made a Debian package which I
installed here on my Debian system and it works fine. I have converted
this to .rpm using Debian's alien utility.

You can get it (and also a converted ncurses3.4 RPM which it requires and
RedHat does not have) from ftp://ftp.primenet.com/users/n/nielsen/ (please
let me know if this installs and works correctly.) I have limited space
available here and have already uploaded the ax25-utils rpm to
ftp.ucsd.edu and will move the ncurses3.4 package as well if it
successfully works on a Red Hat system. The ax25-utils package does not
contain the hdlcutil binaries, since they did not compile with
glibc/libc6.

73,

Bob Nielsen, W6SWE

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, John J. Bauerly wrote:

> Hello All;
>
> Recently i've tried to compile ax25-utilities-2.1.42a using Kernel 2.0.35
> sources and RedHat version 5.1 distribution. It fails with multiple errors
> about re-definition and a bad line at 123, if_arp.h. With this many
> failures I must have over looked something but what?
>
> TNX
>
> John J. Bauerly NW0I
> byerdr@mail.dy.fi
>
>

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