Re: [ROOT] root installation on Mandrake linux 9.1

From: Damir Buskulic (buskulic@lapp.in2p3.fr)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 12:09:31 MEST


Hi Matteo,

no, the "mklinux" target is for old linux on PowerPC with mach kernel.
try "linux", it should work

Cheers

Damir

Le jeudi, 22 mai 2003, à 11:25 Europe/Zurich, Matteo Alfonsi a écrit :

> Hi, I'm a new root user (and a new linux and linux c++ user) and I want
> to install it from the sources on my pc (i586-like, it is an AMD Athlon
> pc) with the new Mandrake 9.1 distribution:
> gcc 3.2
> libstdc++.so.5
> Xfree.4.3
>
> Following the installation procedure, I have supposed that the arch 
> type
> to pass to ./configure was 'mklinux'. So, after adding libraries
> needed as libtermcap and discovering that libg++ is libstdc++ (made a
> symbolic link to it), 'gmake' stops when compiling 'rootd' saying
> something like:
> the function 'setgid..or similar' is defined as static and later as 
> extern
> the function 'setuid..or similar' is defined as static and later as 
> extern
> (but rapidly seeing the sources I don't notice any redefinition)
>
> Anyway, I have just noticed mails on the argument, one tell that adding
> libcrypt.a in the command line of linker resolves the problem (but I'm
> not pratical of makefiles, I always used windows compilers), another 
> that
> the right arch type to use in 'configure' is 'linux'.
>
> What is the correct thing to do and what files and how I have to 
> modify?
>
> Matteo Alfonsi
>
>
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