HAL 0.5.7 build problem

[Andy]

Are you saying that installing newer kernel headers will correct the
make error in probe-input.c, or that it will prevent my having to edit
fs.h to correct the BLKGETSIZE64 configuration error?

Also: I read somewhere that it's not a good idea to install kernel
headers other than the ones that glibc was compiled against.  Is that
really a problem, and if so, is there a safe way to have both kernel
headers on my box?

On 4/16/06, David Zeuthen <david at fubar.dk> wrote:
> 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
>
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