From: Jeff (dcet@adobe.com)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 19:20:06 EET
I received several E-mails and such from those having the same problem. So, I
am sending this out to them and the mailing list. Here is the deal.
To get ax25-tools to compile requires certain versions for specific kernels
and glibc versions.
My first attempt was ax25-tools-0.0.6, the version on hams.sourceforge.net,
with 2.4.5 kernel and glibc 2.2.3. This tools version included timer.h from
kernel source and had the list_head structure problem. Ok, I have Linux on
two hard drives and one of them is 2.4.0 kernel built from an older Slackware
distro. Also an older glibc. Same problem.
Ricardo, py3vhq, mentioned 0.0.8 version which I found and compiled under
2.4.0 older glibc. The list_head structure problem went away, but was
replaced by "unknown storage size" error concerning time_t type, which was a
typedef of __kernel_time_t., in mkiss.c. I also noticed that include timer.h
was replaced with time.h
I then tried building tools 0.0.8 under 2.4.5 and glibc 2.2.3 and it
BUILT...(Slackware 8.0 distro)
So, I guess the bottom line is you have to match kernels/glibc to a
particular tools version. If I wasn't a computer professional, I would have
given up in disgust.
This is, in my consideration, a BIG problem with Linux. All the changes that
are made that break previous working programs. I now have wasted two nights
trying to get this to work due to not having exactly the right combination of
app version, kernel version and library version.
Now , later tonight, this may be the last pretty day for a while in East
Tenn., I will try to get it all working together into something useful.
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Ted Gervais wrote:
> Hi Jeff..
>
> Just wondering if you were able to solve your 'make' problems with the
> ax25 utils. You were getting 'mkiss' and 'bpqparms' errors. I used to
> get that too, and somehow I got around the problems but can't remember
> how.
> If you have found a solution I would certainly appreciate you letting
> me know. One thing I have done in the past is simply to compile each
> of the segments separately; just go into the individual directories and
> run make. Like for bpqparms or kiss for example; go into their
> directories and run make. If that doesn't work, go into all the other
> directories related to ax25-tools, if that is what you are trying to
> compile. Run make in each of the sub directories until everything is
> compiled and if bpqparms (for example) didn't compile , then that is all
> you are left short of. If you have a bpqparms left over from a previous
> compile, then just use that one. All the rest of the ax25-tools will be
> new then. So - just run make install and you have everything new
> 'installed', all but bpqparms.
>
> This is not a solution, I know. But at least it will get you going. But
> if you find out why the utils won't compile cleanly - I would certainly
> like to know.
>
> Last thought - you wouldn't already be running the ax25 utils when you
> were compiling this new version, were you? I am told that could sometimes
> be the problem. Can't vouch for that, but if you are, then maybe shut
> them down for a minute and try and new 'compile' of the ax25-tools' or
> whatever wasn't working - doing a 'make disclean' first and then go with
> 'make' after that.
>
> Let me know if any of this means anything. I have been runnning the
> 'utils' for years and years and years. And I still neeed help.....
>
> ---
> I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
> -- Plato
> Ted Gervais <terhi.victor@logonet.com>
> 44.135.34.201 linux.ve1drg.ampr.org
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