Re: unremovable files and possible fs corruption (2.1.123)

Stephen Clark (seclark@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:46:17 +0000

Ely Wilson wrote:
>
> I recently snagged all of the 'required' sources for utils deemed
> necessary to run a curretn 2.1.x kernel. However, I tried to compile
> fbset and it bombed:
>
> fbset.h:34: parse error before `__u32'
> fbset.h:34: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
>
> not such a big problem, but, the same (__u32 and __u8) problem occurs when
> I try compile pppd-2.3.5:
>
> Now, i can get by by explicitly declaring these. But, I would rather know
> WHY they would work for geert (fbset) but not for myself? Someone
> suggested upgrading to the latest libc. So, I installed glibc 2.0.97 this
> morning.
>
> It made no difference toeither. It appears that these defs come from
> sys/types.h. is there an alternative? Someone please help, I tried.
>
> %--* ely
>
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I ran into the same problem trying to build smbmount on Redhat 5.1 with
glibc, kernel 2.1.124.

Steve

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