From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id SAA150788; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 18:53:53 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id SAA00021 for linux-list; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 18:53:35 -0700 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id SAA29994 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 18:53:32 -0700 Received: from odin.waw.com (ns1.waw.com [194.51.88.250]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id SAA22270 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 18:53:30 -0700 env-from (vincent@waw.com) Received: from odin.waw.com (vincent@mail.waw.com [194.51.88.252]) by odin.waw.com (8.7.3/8.7.3/waw) with SMTP id DAA08014; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 03:57:06 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 03:57:06 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: Vincent Renardias Reply-To: Vincent Renardias To: Ralf Baechle cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199708092112.XAA01472@informatik.uni-koblenz.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > % mips-linux-gcc -o pwgen pwgen.o -lm > > /usr/local/mips-linux/lib/libc.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no > > index; run ranlib to add one > > > > running mips-linux-ranlib on the given file does not change anything. > > (ie: still getting the same message) > > > > Did I do anything wrong, or is this a problem in the Linux/SGI glibc? > > No. Looks as if your lib still isn't correctly installed. If ranlib > doesn't help, then your libc.a is probably corrupted into a zero lenght > file. You're right. (Not an empty file through, but somehow it got truncated to ~50 K). Reinstalling fixed it. Here's the list of what I compiled so far: file_3.20.1-6_mips.deb gzip_1.2.4-15_mips.deb debmake_3.3.11_mips.deb grep_2.0-12_mips.deb dpkg-dev_1.4.0.8_all.deb makedev_1.6-16_mips.deb dpkg_1.4.0.8_mips.deb sysklogd_1.3-17_mips.deb dpkg_1.4.0.8_mips.nondebbin.tar.gz update_1.3-1_mips.deb cpio_2.4.2-11_mips.deb tar_1.12-1_mips.deb patch_2.2-1_mips.deb sed_2.05-15_mips.deb flex_2.5.4a-1_mips.deb findutils_4.1-23_mips.deb bison_1.25-9_mips.deb shellutils_1.16-4_mips.deb diff_2.7-13_mips.deb textutils_1.22-2_mips.deb rpm_2.4.2-2_mips.deb pwgen_1-8_mips.deb adduser_3.6_all.deb These packages are available from odin.waw.com/pub/linux (the pgp signed checksums are in the changes/ subdirectory). I'd be glad if someone could test a few of them and tell me if everything is okay. Quick install instructions: untar the file dpkg_1.4.0.8_mips.nondebbin.tar.gz at the root of your FS, then install other packages with 'dpkg -i foo.deb'. Cordialement, -- - ** Linux ** +-------------------+ ** WAW ** - - vincent@debian.org | RENARDIAS Vincent | vincent@waw.com - - Debian/GNU Linux +-------------------+ http://www.waw.com/ - - http://www.debian.org/ | WAW (33) 4 91 81 21 45 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------