Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Host kernel too recent/build kernel too old

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On 01/14/2004 08:57:17 AM Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have not been able to find any reference to this problem. When I try
>to build Devil Linux (rel-1-0-patches branch if this matters) on a box
>with a recent kernel, I get the following error when configuring for
>glibc:
>
>checking installed Linux kernel header files... 2.0.10 or later
>checking for kernel header at least 2.4.24-vs1.23... too old!
>configure: error: *** The available kernel headers are older than the
>requested
>*** compatible kernel version
>ERROR
>/data/build/scripts/glibc build failed
>make: *** [build] Error 1
>root:/data/build#
>
>Is there any workaround except rebooting the build box with a recent
>kernel?

Crap, we need to make the glibc script more intelligent.
We need to check which is newer, the running kernel or the one we compile
for DL.  Then the lower version has to be given to the configure script of
glibc.
I have no time to take care of this at the moment, can somebody else do it
?

cu
  Heiko