Re: [coLinux-users] CoLinux 0.7.7.1 + kernel 2.6.26.8 won't build

[Sergei Z. <sf...@ya...>]

On 2010-09-14 20:19, Sergei Zhirikov wrote:
> On 2010-09-14 01:35, Henry Nestler wrote:
>>     On 12.09.2010 21:59, Sergei Zhirikov wrote:
>>> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/x86/pci/copci.o', needed by `arch/x86/pci/built-in.o'.  Stop.
>>> make: *** [arch/x86/pci] Error 2
>>
>> I don't know why you have this error. I can only say, that the patches
>> and config in source of coLinux version 0.7.7.1 can clean build kernel
>> 2.6.26.8, used gcc 4.4.1
>> Please try to remove or rename the both directories
>> linux-2.6.26.8-source and linux-2.6.26.8-build. Than start a fresh build
>> with default config.
>>
> I'm using gcc 4.4.3. I suppose I should have mentioned this in the beginning. I'm not using the coLinux configure/make. I'm applying the kernel patches by hand and running make in the kernel directory. This worked just fine for older coLinux/kernel. What else does coLinux make do besides applying the patches and default config?
>
> Unfortunately, I can't use the coLinux build system, because I don't have Python installed (and, to be honest, I'm not looking forward to installing it just to run a single script, as it would mean building it from source).
>
I've managed to use coLinux build system without Python. It was actually quite easy, as Python is not really necessary. Shame that 'configure' treats it as a strict requirement.

Anyway, the build succeeded, so now I'm busy trying to figure out what made the difference.