Using openSUSE 12.3 with x86_64 architecture, the 'make menuconfig' command results in the following: finger@larrylap:~/backports-3.10-rc1-1> make menuconfig cc -Wl,--no-as-needed -lncurses mconf.o zconf.tab.o lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/inputbox.o lxdialog/menubox.o lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/yesno.o -o mconf /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: /lib64/libncurses.so.5: undefined reference to symbol 'acs_map' /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: note: 'acs_map' is defined in DSO /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7/../../../../lib64/libtinfo.so so try adding it to the linker command line /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7/../../../../lib64/libtinfo.so: could not read symbols: Invalid operation collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [mconf] Error 1 make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 finger@larrylap:~/backports-3.10-rc1-1> When "-ltinfo" is added to the LDFLAGS symbol as suggested by the linker, it builds and runs correctly. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: backports-3.10-rc1-1/kconfig/Makefile =================================================================== --- backports-3.10-rc1-1.orig/kconfig/Makefile +++ backports-3.10-rc1-1/kconfig/Makefile @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CFLAGS=-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstri LXDIALOG := lxdialog/checklist.o lxdialog/inputbox.o lxdialog/menubox.o lxdialog/textbox.o lxdialog/util.o lxdialog/yesno.o conf: conf.o zconf.tab.o -mconf: LDFLAGS = -Wl,--no-as-needed -lncurses +mconf: LDFLAGS = -Wl,--no-as-needed -lncurses -ltinfo mconf: CFLAGS += -DCURSES_LOC="<ncurses.h>" -DLOCALE mconf: mconf.o zconf.tab.o $(LXDIALOG) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html