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changeset 77792:9186959f5466
Add "Compiling on GNU/Linux fails due to a missing left operand in gnu-linux.h."
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Wed, 23 May 2007 20:15:17 +0000 |
| parents | 2281fafb5f9d |
| children | c7e647d17190 255e52f43455 |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Wed May 23 20:10:04 2007 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Wed May 23 20:15:17 2007 +0000 @@ -2452,6 +2452,27 @@ the problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun Emacs's configure script. +*** Compiling on GNU/Linux fails due to a missing left operand in gnu-linux.h. + +The error messages have the form: + + ../src/s/gnu-linux.h:49:24: error: operator '>' has no left operand + +This error occurs because your system defines LINUX_VERSION_CODE in +the standard header file linux/version.h but does not give it a value. +As a workaround, you can edit the file src/s/gnu-linux.h to add the +needed definition. On the line after "#include <linux/version.h>", +add a line as shown below: + +#include <linux/version.h> +#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132626 + +The number to use depends on your kernel version (the example shown is +for kernel 2.6.18). The number can be obtained by running the +following command in the shell: + +uname -r | sed -e 's/\./ /g' -e 's/-.*//' | awk '{print $1*(2^16) + $2*(2^8) + $3}' + *** Building a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit GNU/Linux architecture. First ensure that the necessary 32-bit system libraries and include