Comment 16 for bug 233950

Hi everyone,
I have this issue, too! I'm using the Ubuntu 8.04 server LTS version. Steps to reproduce:
1)
cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-25-server
2)
make clean ; make distclean ; make mrproper
3)
cp /boot/config-2.6.24-25-server /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-25-server/.config
4)
make oldconfig
5)
make prepare

Result:
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86/Kconfig
  CHK include/linux/version.h
  CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c', needed by `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s'. Stop.
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2

Additionally, neither the file `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c' nor `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s' exists within the sources of 2.6.24-25-server.

The automated message from comment #14, which tells that one has to try the latest development release of Ubuntu is something I don't understand: This issue happens on 8.04 LTS versions, which is supportet for five years until April 2013. So I don't get the point of trying a current release of the distribution instead.
Also, the comment #10 seems to be irrelevant to this issue, since it's 8.04 which is affected.

I also don't understand why this issue remains nearly untouched since 17 months now.

Please, can anybody help with this?