Re: Problem Testing Anaconda

[Ali Majdzadeh]

> Hi David
> Thanks for your clarifying.
> I am going to test the issue using Fedoras Core 5.
>
> Ragards
>  Ali
>
> On 5/15/06, David Cantrell  wrote:
> > Ah, sorry about that.  Rawhide is technically called Fedora Development
> > (I guess).  It's the active development tree for the next release of
> > Fedora Core.  Trees are updated daily.  More info:
> >
> > I would point you at a URL on fedoraproject.org, but I can't find
> > anything in that wiki at the moment.
> >
> > But understand that rawhide is not a release, it's just an ongoing tree
> > that changes daily.  If you want to jump in to that world, be sure to
> > get on fedora-test-list and/or fedora-devel-list.
> >
> > Ali Majdzadeh wrote:
> > > Hi David
> > > Sorry, but I do not know the meaning of rawhide. Would please explain
> >
> > it
> > > more?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Ali
> > >
> > > On 5/15/06, David Cantrell  wrote:
> > > > It depends on what your goal is.  It's going to be unpleasant to work
> >
> > on
> > > > rawhide anaconda on RHEL4, so if you want to do that, you should
> > > > consider using rawhide.
> > > >
> > > > You can check out the RHEL4 branch of anaconda from CVS as
> >
> > well.  It's
> > > > named 'rhel4-branch'.
> > > >
> > > > Ali Majdzadeh wrote:
> > > > > Hi David
> > > > > Thanks for your attention
> > > > > I am using Redhat Enterprise Linux 4. Do you think I should try
> >
> > Fedora
> > > > Core
> > > > > 5?
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > > Ali
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/15/06, David Cantrell  wrote:
> > > > > > Ali Majdzadeh wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Again Steven
> > > > > > > I downloaded the CVS version of Anaconda, but the compilation
> >
> > fails
> > > > with
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > following errors:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ...
> > > > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/Tools/anaconda/isys/gzlib'
> > > > > > > cc -c -O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -Wall
> >
> > -Werror
> > > > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1
> > > > > > > -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -DUSESELINUX=1 -I/usr/include/python2.3
> >
> > -I..
> > > > > > > -DHAVE_NFS -fPIC -o isys.lo isys.c
> > > > > > > In file included from net.h:5,
> > > > > > >                 from isys.c:55:
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:18: error: syntax error before
> >
> > "u16"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:20: error: syntax error before
> >
> > "port"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:21: error: syntax error before
> > > > > > "phy_address"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:22: error: syntax error before
> > > > > > "transceiver"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:23: error: syntax error before
> >
> > "autoneg"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:27: error: syntax error before '}'
> >
> > token
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:50: error: syntax error before "u8"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:64: error: syntax error before "u8"
> > > > > > > /usr/include/linux/ethtool.h:73: error: syntax error before "u8"
> > > > > > > make[1]: *** [isys.lo] Error 1
> > > > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/Tools/anaconda/isys'
> > > > > > > make: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Check the modest BuildRequires line in anaconda.spec and make sure
> >
> > you
> > > > > > have all the development things installed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > David Cantrell
> > > > > > Red Hat / Westford, MA
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Cantrell
> > > > Red Hat / Westford, MA
> >
> > --
> > David Cantrell
> > Red Hat / Westford, MA