[pocket-linux] Compiling glibc

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bettes [mailto:bettes at freegates.be]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 06:38 PM
> To: pocket-linux at ufo.chicago.il.us
> Subject: [pocket-linux] Compiling glibc
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was able to compile the glibc sources. However, the compiled libraries are 
> not working on my P I 75 Mhz. ( I am Building it on a Athlon 1Hhz using a 
> SuSE 8.2 distro)
> 
> When I try 	
> $  ldd libc.so.6
> 
> I got the message
> $  /usr/bin/ldd: line 1: ./libc.so.6: No such file or directory
> 
> which I find very strange. 
> I do not have this message on precompiled libraries from David Hortons site
> 
> When I use these libraries for pocket linux in chapter 8 I get
> 
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed
> > /sbin/ini: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open 
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> I have compiled glibc with the line
> $  export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386"
> $
> $  ./glibc-2.3.2/configure --enable-add-ons --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu 
> $  --prefix=/home/bettes/Documents/
> 
> I checked this with the way David Horton compiles using the architect scripts.
> ....
> # Configure the package for FHS compliance and i386 processor.
> export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386"
> cd $BUILD_DIR
> $SRC_DIR/configure \
>   --enable-add-ons \
>   --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu \
>   --infodir=/usr/share/info \
>   --libexec=/usr/lib/glibc \
>   --prefix=/usr \
> ...
> 
> ANy idea what I am doing wrong?
> 

The problem may be with the --prefix=/home/bettes/Documents/.  I understand what you are trying to do here.  You want the library to install into /home/bettes/Documents rather than overwritting your existing libraries.  You can get better control over the installation location by using the 'install_root' Makefile variable.  Look at the following section of the recipe:

# Install into staging area overriding make variables as needed.
make \
  install_root=$STAGING_DIR \
  install

Just change $STAGING_DIR to /home/bettes/Documents.  This should install it in the right place and perhaps solve the 'shared library not found' errors.

Good Luck,
Dave