XFS Build Problems

Andrew Mathews andrew_mathews
Mon May 17 11:41:51 PDT 2004


kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:
> Okay, you XFS fans, here's your chance to win a convert. Well, I'm
> already a true believer, but just now, I'm trying to install it. 
> Applying the patches and building and boot the kernel went off 
> without a hitch. The next step is to install the various supporting
> programs.  
> 
> xfsprogs built and installed without any problems, as did the
> attr stuff, but the acl package quits in the middle of configuration:
> 
> [luther:/tmp/acl-2.1.1]$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
> ..
> checking attr/xattr.h usability... no
> checking attr/xattr.h presence... no
> checking for attr/xattr.h... no
> 
> FATAL ERROR: attr/xattr.h does not exist.
> acl cannot be built without the attr-devel package.
> make: *** [configure] Error 1
> 
> Got any hints?
> 
> Kurt

Didja install the libattr-devel package?
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_rpms/i386/libattr-devel-2.1.1-0.i386.rpm
should be the correct version for your acl package.

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