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Huw Davies (cchd@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
: I've just applied the 1.1.54 patches to a (working) copy of 1.1.53, ran
: make config choosing the usual group of options (although I added ISO9660
: support which I must have accidentally turned off building 1.1.53) and
: then ran make zImage. Sadly I get compile time errors (see below). I've
: tried rebuilding the compiler with and without elf support but the errors
: remain.

: Given that noone else has complained, I assume that it's a problem with
: my setup (most likely, I need a later version of something). Any pointers
: appreciated.

: Here is the section I'm having difficulties with....

: make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/fs'
: gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-f
: rame-pointer -pipe -m486 -DMODULE -c binfmt_elf.c
: binfmt_elf.c:36: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
: binfmt_elf.c:825: redefinition of `padzero'
: binfmt_elf.c:61: `padzero' previously defined here

(Almost) Everyone applying patch54 would get the same problem. Here
is what I did:

RTFM (Read The Failure Message ;-), then look at binfmt_elf.c and
take about 1 minute to conclude that binfmt_elf.c actually contains
two complete (but slightly different) versions of the same thing.
Then look at patch54.gz to confirm that Linus didn't have a
binfmt_elf.c to patch against -- SNAFU.

Solution: A number of possibilities, but I chose to edit binfmt_elf.c
by hand to remove the old version from the file.

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Bill Metzenthen
Mathematics Department
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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