linux-kernel - Re: cross-compiling on OS X, make menuconfig fails

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:45:35 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Cc:	Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cross-compiling on OS X, make menuconfig fails

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:07:43AM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Tony Breeds wrote:
> 
> > On most linux systems echo supports c-syle escapes with "-e".  I'm
> > guessing which ever echo you're getting dosesn't do that.
> 
> Yes, that is my problem.
> 
> > I think the best fix is to ensure you're getting bash as your shell.
> 
> The script starts off with this line:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> Doesn't that mean that it should be interpreted by sh and not bash?
> 
> > A nasty hack would be to make check-lxdialog.sh do something like:
> > (echo ' #include CURSES_LOC';echo 'main() {}') | gcc '-DCURSES_LOC=<ncurses.h>' -DLOCALE -DKBUILD_NO_NLS -lncurses -xc - -o .lxdialog.tmp
> 
> This works.  Do you think if I posted a patch that makes this change, it will be
> accepted?

Yes.

	Sam
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