[WBEL-users] Compiling from kernel-source-2.4.21-4.EL.i386.rpm

[Kristian]

Hi everyone!

I have just installed Whitebox Linux (Liberation) 3.0 and tried
compiling the same exact copy of the kernel that got installed by
default. So,

bash# uname -a
Linux sis 2.4.21-4.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Dec 13 19:21:55 CST 2003 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux
bash#

Therefore I installed kernel-source-2.4.21-4.EL.i386.rpm and got:

bash# ls -d /usr/src/
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-4.EL/
bash#

then copied the default /boot/config-2.4.21-4.ELsmp into
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-4.EL/.config

Ran the usual:

bash# pwd
/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-4.EL/
bash# make menuconfig
<saved the configuration as it was>
bash# make dep
bash# make clean
bash# make bzImage
bash# make modules

Unfortunately the compilation fails with lots of errors.
The first object to fail compilation is "module.o".

Has anyone experienced this before? Is the RPM broken or
the default /boot/config-2.4.21-4.ELsmp corrupted?

-- 
Kristian <kristian@hitech-sanita.it>