Bug 779

When attempting to compile a new kernel for a Intel 486
generic machine with 32Meg RAM, 640Meg HD, and two NE2000
compatible cards, using both the 2.0.36-0.7 and 2.0.36-3 rpm
packages (in turn), fatal errors in the source code
prevented compilation. (The error sets did differ between
the two kernel rpm versions--errors in compiling the
firewall.c, and linking the bootsect.o and main.o files
were encountered ) This may be an interaction of the
specific options chosen for the .config file.

The .config file for replication is as follows:
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#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y

#
# Loadable module support
#
# CONFIG_MODULES is not set

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
# CONFIG_PCI is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
CONFIG_M486=y
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set

#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE
drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set

#
# Additional Block Devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y

#
# Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as
modules.
#
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_IPAUTOFW=y
CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=y
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y

#
# (it is safe to leave these untouched)
#
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y

#
#
#
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_E2100 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_EWRK3 is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO is not set
# CONFIG_FMV18X is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_ETH16I is not set
CONFIG_NE2000=y
# CONFIG_NI52 is not set
# CONFIG_NI65 is not set
# CONFIG_SEEQ8005 is not set
# CONFIG_SK_G16 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set

#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
# CONFIG_FAT_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
# CONFIG_PRINTER is not set
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
# CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y

#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set

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The output of the build is as follows
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make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/net/core'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -DCPU=486  -c -o firewall.o
firewall.c
firewall.c:153: warning: implicit declaration of function
`_set_ver'
firewall.c:153: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
firewall.c:153: floating constant exponent has no digits
firewall.c:153: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
firewall.c:153: initializer element for
`firewall_syms.symbol[0].addr' is not constant
firewall.c:154: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
firewall.c:154: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
firewall.c:154: numeric constant contains digits beyond the
radix
firewall.c:154: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
firewall.c:154: initializer element for
`firewall_syms.symbol[1].addr' is not constant
firewall.c:155: numeric constant contains digits beyond the
radix
firewall.c:155: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
firewall.c:155: initializer element for
`firewall_syms.symbol[2].addr' is not constant
firewall.c:156: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
firewall.c:156: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal
firewall.c:156: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
firewall.c:156: initializer element for
`firewall_syms.symbol[3].addr' is not constant
firewall.c:157: `b4ec0dfa' undeclared here (not in a
function)
firewall.c:157: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
firewall.c:157: initializer element for
`firewall_syms.symbol[4].addr' is not constant
make[3]: *** [firewall.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/net/core'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/net/core'
make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.36/net'
make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2
[root@router linux]#
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The list of installed rpm's on this machine is as follows:
-------------------------------------
[root@router linux]# rpm -qa
setup-1.9.2-1
filesystem-1.3.2-3
basesystem-4.9-3
ldconfig-1.9.5-8
AfterStep-1.5-0.7
AfterStep-APPS-1.5-0.3
AnotherLevel-0.7.3-1
arpwatch-2.1a4-5
glibc-2.0.7-29
mktemp-1.4-3
termcap-9.12.6-11
libtermcap-2.0.8-10
bash-1.14.7-13
ncurses-4.2-10
zlib-1.1.3-2
info-3.12-9
fileutils-3.16-10
grep-2.2-2
ash-0.2-12
chkconfig-0.9.6-1
at-3.1.7-4
autoconf-2.12-6
automake-1.3-2
bc-1.05a-1
bdflush-1.5-8
bind-utils-8.1.2-5
binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1
bootpc-061-8
control-panel-3.7-7
e2fsprogs-1.12-2
rmt-0.3-14
cpio-2.4.2-9
cracklib-2.7-2
cracklib-dicts-2.7-2
crontabs-1.7-3
shadow-utils-980403-4
dev-2.5.9-1
dhcpcd-0.70-2
diffutils-2.7-11
ed-0.2-8
eject-1.5-4
ElectricFence-2.0.5-11
emacs-20.3-3
emacs-nox-20.3-3
emacs-X11-20.3-3
etcskel-1.3-6
faq-5.2-2
file-3.25-2
findutils-4.1-25
finger-0.10-5
ftp-0.10-3
fvwm-1.24r-15
fvwm2-2.0.46-11
fvwm2-icons-2.0.46-11
fwhois-1.00-8
gawk-3.0.3-3
gcc-2.7.2.3-14
gd-1.3-3
gdb-4.17.0.4-3
gdbm-1.7.3-17
gdbm-devel-1.7.3-17
gecko-1.6-0
getty_ps-2.0.7j-4
ghostscript-4.03-1
git-4.3.17-3
glib-1.0.6-3
glibc-devel-2.0.7-29
glint-2.6.2-1
gnome-libs-0.20-3
gnome-linuxconf-0.14-4rh
gpm-1.13-8
groff-1.11a-6
gtk+-1.0.6-3
gzip-1.2.4-12
hdparm-3.3-2
helptool-2.4-4
howto-5.2-2
ical-2.2-7
imlib-1.8-5
indexhtml-5.2-3
initscripts-3.78-1
ipfwadm-2.3.0-6
isapnptools-1.15a-3
ispell-3.1.20-11
joe-2.8-14
kbd-0.96a-8
kbdconfig-1.8.3-1
kernel-ibcs-2.0.36-3
kernel-headers-2.0.36-3
kernelcfg-0.5-3
ld.so-1.9.5-8
less-332-2
libc-5.3.12-27
libg++-2.7.2.8-9
libjpeg-6b-7
libpng-1.0.1-5
libstdc++-2.8.0-14
libtiff-3.4-4
libungif-3.0-4
lilo-0.20-2
pwdb-0.55-1
sed-3.02-1
pamconfig-0.51-5
pam-0.64-3
sh-utils-1.16-14
textutils-1.22-7
linuxconf-1.12r5-6rh
logrotate-2.6-3
losetup-2.8a-2
lpg-0.4-2
lpr-0.33-1
lynx-2.8.1-5
m4-1.4-10
mailcap-1.0-9
mailx-8.1.1-5
make-3.76.1-5
MAKEDEV-2.3.1-7
man-1.5f-1
man-pages-1.21-1
mc-4.1.35-2
mingetty-0.9.4-8
mkbootdisk-1.1-2
mkinitrd-1.8-3
mkxauth-1.7-9
modemtool-1.21-3
modutils-2.1.85-9
mount-2.8a-2
mouseconfig-3.1.3-1
mpage-2.4-5
mt-st-0.5-1
ncftp-2.4.3-4
ncompress-4.2.4-11
net-tools-1.46-1
netcfg-2.19-5
netkit-base-0.10-13
newt-0.30-2
ntalk-0.10-4
ntsysv-0.9.6-1
passwd-0.50-11
patch-2.5-5
perl-5.004m4-1
pidentd-2.7-3
pine-4.04-2
pmake-1.0-10
portmap-4.0-12
procmail-3.10-13
procps-1.2.9-2
psmisc-17-3
python-1.5.1-5
pythonlib-1.22-2
quota-1.55-9
rdate-0.960923-5
readline-2.2.1-1
redhat-release-5.2-1
rhs-hwdiag-0.30-1
rhs-printfilters-1.46-3
rootfiles-5.2-2
rpm-2.5.5-5.2
rxvt-2.4.7-2
sash-2.1-1
sendmail-8.8.7-20
sendmail-cf-8.8.7-20
sendmail-doc-8.8.7-20
setconsole-1.0-5
setserial-2.14-4
setuptool-1.0-1
sharutils-4.2-10
slang-0.99.38-8
stat-1.5-8
strace-3.1-11
sysklogd-1.3-25
SysVinit-2.74-5
tar-1.12-4
tcl-8.0.3-20
tcp_wrappers-7.6-5
tcpdump-3.4-5
tcsh-6.07.09-1
telnet-0.10-5
time-1.7-6
timeconfig-2.5-1
timed-0.10-3
timetool-2.3-7
tk-8.0.3-20
tkinter-1.5.1-5
tksysv-1.0-3
tmpwatch-1.5.1-2
traceroute-1.4a5-7
ucd-snmp-3.5.3-2
ucd-snmp-utils-3.5.3-2
unzip-5.31-3
usernet-1.0.8-1
util-linux-2.8-11
vim-color-5.3-3
vim-common-5.3-3
vim-minimal-5.3-3
vim-X11-5.3-3
vixie-cron-3.0.1-26
which-1.0-8
wmconfig-0.6-1
words-2-11
X11R6-contrib-3.3.2-3
Xaw3d-1.3-17
xbanner-1.31-3
Xconfigurator-3.82-1
XFree86-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-libs-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.2.3-25
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.2.3-25
xinitrc-1.6-1
xmailbox-2.5-5
xpm-3.4j-3
xterm-color-1.1-9
zip-2.1-4
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.2.3-25
kernel-2.0.36-3
kernel-source-2.0.36-3
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No additional software was installed on this machine.