[linux-lvm] errors compiling on redhat 7.3

[Pierluigi Godi]

hi, 
I'm only an end-user (not a programmer... so i can't help you a lot).
this is the problem... when i try to install (configure, make, make install) the lvm 1.0.4/1.1 rc2 on my (out of the box) redhat 7.3, i receive an error...

[root at unixguest 1.0.4]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for mawk... (cached) gawk
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... (cached) yes
checking for opendir in -ldir... (cached) no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for fcntl.h... (cached) yes
checking for malloc.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/ioctl.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for working const... (cached) yes
checking for inline... (cached) inline
checking for off_t... (cached) yes
checking for pid_t... (cached) yes
checking for size_t... (cached) yes
checking for st_rdev in struct stat... (cached) yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... (cached) no
checking return type of signal handlers... (cached) void
checking for vprintf... (cached) yes
checking for mkdir... (cached) yes
checking for rmdir... (cached) yes
checking for uname... (cached) yes
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating make.tmpl
creating PATCHES/Makefile
creating tools/Makefile
creating tools/tools_and_lib.make.tmpl
creating tools/lib/Makefile
creating tools/man8/Makefile
[root at unixguest 1.0.4]#


[root at unixguest 1.0.4]# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools'
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib'
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib'
gcc -c -pipe -g -O0 -Wall -DDEBUG -I../../tools/lib -I../../tools -I/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib -o basename.o basename.c
In file included from ../../tools/lib/liblvm.h:59,
                 from basename.c:34:
/usr/include/linux/autoconf.h:1:2: #error Invalid kernel header included in userspace
make[3]: *** [basename.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib'
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8'
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8'
make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools'
gcc -c -pipe -g -O0 -Wall -DDEBUG -I../tools/lib -I../tools -I/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib -o e2fsadm.o e2fsadm.c
In file included from ../tools/lib/liblvm.h:59,
                 from ../tools/lvm_user.h:43,
                 from e2fsadm.c:55:
/usr/include/linux/autoconf.h:1:2: #error Invalid kernel header included in userspace
make[2]: *** [e2fsadm.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools'
make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4'

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There were errors in your compile.
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make[1]: *** [.touchbuilt] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[root at unixguest 1.0.4]#

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