HAL 0.5.7 build problem

[David Zeuthen]

On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 14:12 -0500, Andy wrote:
> Make stops with this error:
> 
> probe-input.c: In function 'main':
> probe-input.c:146: error: storage size of 'id' isn't known
> probe-input.c:146: warning: unused variable 'id'
> probe-input.c: At top level:
> shared.h:62: warning: 'drop_privileges' defined but not used
> make[5] *** [probe-input.o] Error 1
> 
> 
> 
> I have no idea how to solve this.  I'm running Vector Linux SOHO 5.0.1
> (based on Slackware 10.1), and I've got kernels 2.4.29 (the kernel for
> this version of my distro), 2.6.12, and 2.6.15.6.  The headers in
> /usr/include/linux are from 2.4.29.  For configuration to work
> properly, I had to edit /usr/include/linux/fs.h, as is advised with a
> configure error on BLKGETSIZE64.  After that, configuration went fine.

Replying because this is Frequently Asked Question and it's good to have
the answer on the list. You need newer kernel headers from your distro.
I think nowadays only Slackware is slacking (pun intended) in this area,
probably they don't include HAL in their core distribution.

     David