Changeset b2f0a207 for chapter06

Timestamp:

09/09/2023 10:30:15 PM (13 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib, xry111/multilib

Children:

b84eff0

Parents:

6ae855b (diff), ab31b97 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Location:

chapter06

Files:

• binutils-pass2.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• coreutils.xml (modified) (2 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Binutils ships an outdated copy of libtool in the tarball.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 relies on an internal 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>