Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Steven Scholz]

Hi there,

I am trying to rebuild the great DENX's ELDK from scratch.
My host is a SuSE 8.2 system.
The first obstacle is that some packages won't build with recent
automake/autoconf version. So I got some old versions built and
installed them on my system.

Now the first step - build the RPM - works. I do get a rpm binary in
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/bin

But the next step - build the target RPM from eldt - fails:

The log shows:

+ CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686
+ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
'--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man'
--enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --with-target-arch=ppc
creating cache ./config.cache
...
Finding  Provides: (using
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
PreReq: /bin/sh /bin/sh rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires(interp): /bin/sh /bin/sh
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires(pre): /bin/sh
Requires(post): /bin/sh
Conflicts: patch < 2.5
Processing files: rpm-devel-4.0.3-1.03b_3
Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.42006
+ umask 022
+ cd /opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/usr/src/denx/BUILD
+ cd rpm-4.0.3
+
DOCDIR=/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-root/usr/share/doc/rpm-devel-4.0.3
+ export DOCDIR
+ rm -rf
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-root/usr/share/doc/rpm-devel-4.0.3
+ /bin/mkdir -p
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-root/usr/share/doc/rpm-devel-4.0.3
+ cp -pr apidocs
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-root/usr/share/doc/rpm-devel-4.0.3
+ exit 0
Finding  Provides: (using
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
PreReq: rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires: rpm = 4.0.3
Processing files: rpm-build-4.0.3-1.03b_3
Finding  Provides: (using
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
PreReq: rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires: rpm = 4.0.3
Processing files: popt-1.6.3-1.03b_3
Finding  Provides: (using
/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
PreReq: rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
error: /opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.62141:
Fseek failed: Invalid argument


????


I am confused! 3.0.4 is the version of rpm that comes with SuSE 8.2.
But I thought ELDK builds the rpm with "--enable-static=yes". So why
is he asking for "rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1" ???

Thanks a million!

Steven


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Re: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Steven,

in message <3F1F8738.3040209@imc-berlin.de> you wrote:
>
> I am trying to rebuild the great DENX's ELDK from scratch.
> My host is a SuSE 8.2 system.
> The first obstacle is that some packages won't build with recent
> automake/autoconf version. So I got some old versions built and
> installed them on my system.
>
> Now the first step - build the RPM - works. I do get a rpm binary in
> /opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/bin

Just a note: if this is not really urgent, you  might  just  want  to
wait a bit. We're working on the next release of the ELDK, which will
be based on YD-3.0, which contains rpm-4.1

I guess we will have to validate this release  with  a  SuSE  system,
too.



Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

--
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Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
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No one can count the apples in a seed.

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Re: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Steven Scholz]

Dear Wolfgang,

> Dear Steven,
>
> in message <3F1F8738.3040209@imc-berlin.de> you wrote:
>
>>I am trying to rebuild the great DENX's ELDK from scratch.
>>My host is a SuSE 8.2 system.
>>The first obstacle is that some packages won't build with recent
>>automake/autoconf version. So I got some old versions built and
>>installed them on my system.
>>
>>Now the first step - build the RPM - works. I do get a rpm binary in
>>/opt/eldk/build/ppc-2003-07-23/work/bin
>
>
> Just a note: if this is not really urgent, you  might  just  want  to
> wait a bit. We're working on the next release of the ELDK, which will
> be based on YD-3.0, which contains rpm-4.1
>
> I guess we will have to validate this release  with  a  SuSE  system,
> too.
Jippieh!!!

I test! I test! :o)

I made it once to rebuild the ELDK under a modified SuSE 8.0. But I
can't do it again. I just can't remember what I did. But as long as I
am not able to rebuild it I can't update my build host to a more
recent SuSE version... :-(

So I think I can wait (how long?). But any idea about my original
question?
I'd love to understand this whole automake/autoconf/rpm stuff?
I suppose the times of handwriten/optimized Makefiles are gone...
Forever... ;-)

Thanks,

Steven


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Re: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Steven,

in message <3F1F963D.4010609@imc-berlin.de> you wrote:
>
> I made it once to rebuild the ELDK under a modified SuSE 8.0. But I
> can't do it again. I just can't remember what I did. But as long as I

I still have the description you sent me back then. Shall  I  forward
it to you? :-)

> So I think I can wait (how long?). But any idea about my original
> question?

I think we will have an initial test version before the end  of  next
week. I can keep you posted, if you like.

As for your question: I don't know. And I don't have  a  SuSE  system
here (yet), so I cannot test it myself.

> I'd love to understand this whole automake/autoconf/rpm stuff?

Me too. Ummm... Actually I don't want, but I'm afraid I must ;-)

> I suppose the times of handwriten/optimized Makefiles are gone...
> Forever... ;-)

Nope. There is a niche for everyhting :-)


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
One does not thank logic.
	-- Sarek, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.4

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Re: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Steven Scholz]

Dear Wolfgang,

>>I made it once to rebuild the ELDK under a modified SuSE 8.0. But I
>>can't do it again. I just can't remember what I did. But as long as I
>
> I still have the description you sent me back then. Shall  I  forward
> it to you? :-)

:o) Then it should be in my Sent-Mail folder... I'll have a look.

> I think we will have an initial test version before the end  of  next
> week. I can keep you posted, if you like.
Yes. Please.

Thanks,

Steven


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RE: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Holger L. Bille]

> > I'd love to understand this whole automake/autoconf/rpm stuff?
>
> You may already know about the following book:
>
> GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
> Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, Ian Lance Taylor
> ISBN 1578701902

And here's the online version:
http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/

Best regards,
_____________________________________

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RE: Problems rebuilding the DENX ELDK

[Wells, Charles]

Steve,

> I'd love to understand this whole automake/autoconf/rpm stuff?

You may already know about the following book:

GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool
Gary V. Vaughan, Ben Elliston, Tom Tromey, Ian Lance Taylor
ISBN 1578701902

I've found it helpful for the automake/autoconf stuff.

Regards,
Charlie

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