Re: comptest* failed to load module: zsh/termcap

[Peter Whaite <peta@cortexmachina.com>]

"Bart Schaefer" said:

> This is a completely off-topic question, but:  Did you build the 2.4.2
> kernel yourself?  I've been trying to compile a newer kernel on my RH6.2
> machine at work and keep getting complaints that it needs newer versions
> of modutils and mkinitrd than those available for RH6.2.

I built it at home and I didn't have to search too hard for the right rpms.  I
didn't build 2.4.2 at work, but the person who did says the same.

However he has not been able to build 2.4.3, the main problem being the need
for a later version of the compiler, and the lack of a corresponding rpm for
rh6.2.  So can't really comment on the modules, though it is in general
getting pretty hard to keep up to date on rh6.2.  I'll probably give up soon
and install rh7.1.

> Edit configure.in; look for the line:
> 
> AC_SEARCH_LIBS(tgetent, [$termcap_curses_order])
> 
> Copy'n'paste that line, s/tgetent/tigetstr/, rerun autoconf and configure,
> then try "make" again.

Yes that fixed it.  

In another message:

> Sure enough, if I change configure.in to:
> 
> #include <term.h>], [char **test = boolcodes; printf(*test);],
> 
> (so that `test' is used), then AC_TRY_LINK fails and all is well.  We've
> been bitten by an overoptimizing compiler.

I'm a bit surprised to be the only one who reported the problem.