On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 1:44 AM Thomas Albers <thomas.gameiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello! > > When you say "make kernel_menuconfig" in OpenWRT buildroot kernel > configuration fails, like so: > $ make kernel_menuconfig > make[3]: Entering directory > '/home/ta/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a15+neon-vfpv4_musl_eabi/linux-ipq806x/linux-4.14.134' > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/mconf.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.o > HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.o > HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: > scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.o: undefined reference to symbol > 'keypad' > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: > /lib64/libtinfow.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command > line > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > Steps to reproduce (see > https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/use-buildsystem) > $ git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git > $ make menuconfig > $ make defconfig > $ make kernel_menuconfig > > It seems that the bug was introduced here: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fd65465b7016dc6d9fa5c2f39cc706c231c9a089 > when menuconfig no longer used pkg-config to find the ncurses libraries. > Also see a related bug report from Gentoo: https://bugs.gentoo.org/457530 > and the OpenWRT bug report: > https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=2423 > See line 7-20 of scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh, it tries pkg-config first. If pkg-config cannot find ncurses, it falls back to some hard-coded install paths. Am I misunderstanding the code? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
