If you follow the instructions and issue the command 'make menuconfig' as per code listing 17.2, you will see an error message telling you that the ncurses library could not be found. emerge ncurses will fix the problem. perhaps gentoo-sources should rely on ncurses instead? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
i don't think kernel-sources should depend on ncurses.. only 'make menuconfig' :-) yes, this might be a solution, but i would rather mention it on the doc as some people do not use 'menuconfig' anyway, i will try to have a look when i get an access on cvs soon.
did you "source /etc/profile" before doing this? ncurses is there, but its not in your path for some reason... IIRC, ncurses should be there.
You are right, the problem is related to not having sourced /etc/profile. My mistake. It might be a good idea to insert a NOTE item in the install doc stating that "If you get an error message about ncurses not being found, you should source /etc/profile and retry the make menuconfig command", or something to that effect.
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