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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
Cc: devicetree-discuss
	<devicetree-discuss-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Timur Tabi <timur-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: dtc build failures on OS X
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 19:46:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <82CF1AB0-22C1-4C33-B6E1-B8816AF2E094@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090520230823.GB10487-787xzQ0H9iRg7VrjXcPTGA@public.gmane.org>

>>> I'm trying to build dtc on Mac OS X.  The compilation seems to go
>>> okay, but the linker dies.
>>
>> It doesn't die, it just complains ;-)
>>
>> You're trying to build a Linux shared library on OSX.  This won't
>> work.  Not only are the command line options not the same, the
>> semantics are totally different as well; importantly, the versioning
>> mechanism is very different.  Given that, you do not want to use
>> a shared library at all -- just use a normal (static) library.
>> IMNSHO that should be the default, on Linux as well...
>
> It was, originally, but someone wanted a shared lib.

And you decided to take on all that maintenance pain?  You're
too good for this world.  Or gullible, heh.

> Actually, the current Makefile builds both, by default.

It shouldn't try to build Linux shared objects unless you are
building a Linux target; easiest would be to just never build
the shared library by default.  Your choice :-)


Segher

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-21 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-20  2:08 dtc build failures on OS X Timur Tabi
     [not found] ` <ed82fe3e0905191908v8c5fcdft953c4e1ba7969f2a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-20  4:43   ` David Gibson
2009-05-20  7:46   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
     [not found]     ` <20090520074611.GW17539-RQcB7r2h9QmfDR2tN2SG5Ni2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-26  3:37       ` Timur Tabi
     [not found]         ` <ed82fe3e0905252037r574e56ecjd8689b800c74561f-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-26 18:07           ` [PATCH V2] add Mac OS X support Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
     [not found]             ` <1243361246-1743-1-git-send-email-plagnioj-sclMFOaUSTBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-27  3:37               ` Timur Tabi
2009-06-13 19:21               ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
     [not found]                 ` <20090613192148.GN25406-RQcB7r2h9QmfDR2tN2SG5Ni2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2009-07-15 17:26                   ` Timur Tabi
     [not found]                     ` <ed82fe3e0907151026w4c957398s63ce7d8dae7c5460-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2009-07-16  0:43                       ` Jon Loeliger
     [not found]                         ` <E1MRF4Z-0005vL-Hl-CYoMK+44s/E@public.gmane.org>
2009-07-16  2:12                           ` Timur Tabi
2009-07-16  2:33               ` Jon Loeliger
2009-05-20 12:38   ` dtc build failures on OS X Segher Boessenkool
     [not found]     ` <C44AFDDE-9BB1-4914-8B26-5816D83B909A-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-20 23:08       ` David Gibson
     [not found]         ` <20090520230823.GB10487-787xzQ0H9iRg7VrjXcPTGA@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-21 17:46           ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
     [not found]             ` <82CF1AB0-22C1-4C33-B6E1-B8816AF2E094-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-22  1:29               ` David Gibson

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