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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5843 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:57:47 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!xenlink!newt.cuc.ab.ca!deraadt From: deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt) Subject: Re: [386bsd] Kernel build dies, unref symbol _version In-Reply-To: peter@ferranti.com's message of Fri, 1 Jan 1993 20: 59:12 GMT Message-ID: <DERAADT.93Jan1201659@newt.newt.cuc.ab.ca> Sender: news@newt.cuc.ab.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: newt.fsa.ca Organization: little lizard city References: <BznK64.AGL@NeoSoft.com> <17701@umd5.umd.edu> <1992Dec26.235116.3795@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <id.E4CW.XE@ferranti.com> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 03:16:59 GMT Lines: 20 In article <id.E4CW.XE@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes: In article <1992Dec26.235116.3795@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: > In article <17701@umd5.umd.edu> mark@roissy.umd.edu (Mark Sienkiewicz) writes: > >In article <BznK64.AGL@NeoSoft.com> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: > >>>"init_main.o: something about an unreferenced symbol _version" > >>>is there a standard fix for this? > >>Yeah, ATFP. Add The Fine Patchkit. This problem is fixed by patch #1. I did. It isn't. You have to "make newvers" to get a vers.c file to resolve this symbol. This should be documented. :-> If you config a new kernel, the first time you type "make" in that directory the vers.c file should be created. Patch #1 does not fix that. Patch #1 is busted. It doesn't work the right way. <tdr. -- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca