Changeset 73d91ac for chapter06

Timestamp:

12/05/2023 05:12:55 AM (9 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/arm64

Children:

00de269

Parents:

6b6a1b9 (diff), dc8572f (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/arm64

Location:

chapter06

Files:

• binutils-pass2.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• coreutils.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• ncurses.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml

@@ -44 +44 @@
     <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
 
-    <!-- Don't remove this until Binutils upstream updates the libtool
-         copy.  On some host distros the issue doesn't show up.  -->
-    <para>Binutils ships an outdated copy of libtool in the tarball.  It lacks
-    sysroot support, so the produced binaries will be mistakenly linked to
-    libraries from the host distro.  Work around this issue:</para>
+    <!-- Don't remove this until Binutils upstream resolves this issue.
+         We can test by building Binutils on a complete system with
+         zlib (libz.so) installed, passing enable-shared and
+         without-system-zlib.  If the resulted libctf.so still links against
+         libz.so (check with readelf -d) despite we are saying
+         without-system-zlib, then the issue is still unresolved.  -->
+    <para>Binutils building system relies on an shipped libtool copy to link against
+    internal static libraries, but the libiberty and zlib copies shipped
+    in the package do not use libtool.  This inconsistency may cause
+    produced binaries mistakenly linked against libraries from the host
+    distro.  Work around this issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '6009s/$add_dir//' -i ltmain.sh</userinput></screen>

chapter06/coreutils.xml

@@ -44 +44 @@
     <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
 
-<!--
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">export gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y</userinput></screen>
--->
     <para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
@@ -53 +50 @@
             --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
             --enable-install-program=hostname \
-            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime \
-            gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y</userinput></screen>
+            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -68 +64 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><envar>gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y</envar></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This is needed to work around an issue in the gnulib copy
-          shipped by the package which would break cross compilation.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
 

chapter06/ncurses.xml

@@ -79 +79 @@
         <term><parameter>--with-manpage-format=normal</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses installing compressed manual
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from installing compressed manual
           pages, which may happen if the host distribution itself
           has compressed manual pages.</para>
@@ -95 +95 @@
         <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing static C
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing static C
           libraries.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -103 +103 @@
         <term><parameter>--without-debug</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing debug
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing debug
           libraries.</para>
         </listitem>