>>> Your diagnosis is correct, and I believe the 16-bit assembler
>>> "as86" is in what both Red Hat and Debian call the "bin86"
>>> package. Ironically, this same dependency error also affects
>>> Debian, and I own the bug (35449) on it.
>> The solution is to manually install the "bin86" package.
> Just a minute. I have never manually installed any bin86 and I
> have compiled kernels that have all the ax25-utils set and I get
> a clean compile. I am using Red Hat version 5.2 and the *real*
> kernel tree, not the one Red Hat sends with it.
> Why do I not get the errors?
I would presume that, since you compile kernels, you installed the
Development/Languages section of RedHat's installation? The bin86 RPM
is part of that section, so would have been installed with the rest of
that section...
To check, type the following command:
Q> rpm -qi bin86
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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