Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of cross-chap5

Timestamp:

05/04/2020 12:07:11 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie

Comment:

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cross-chap5

@@ -12 +12 @@
 packages are built in chroot.
 
-  pros:: no /tools symlink, no need to tweak gcc sources, no need to build twice ld in binutils-pass2, no need to readjust the toolchain after chapter 6 glibc, no need to tweak the gcc specs, no need to reinstall kernel headers in chapter 6.
+  pros:: no /tools symlink, no need to tweak gcc sources, no need to build twice ld in binutils-pass2, no need to readjust the toolchain after chapter 6 glibc, no need to tweak the gcc specs, no need to reinstall kernel headers in chapter 6, no need for symlinks between /usr and /tools in chapter 6.
 
-  cons:: chroot is entered in the middle of chapter 5 (maybe chapter 5 should be split), the debug sections of several packages reference x86_64-lfs-linux-gnu instead of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, binutils-pass2 needs "enable-shared".
+  cons:: chroot is entered in the middle of chapter 5 (maybe chapter 5 should be split), the debug sections of several packages reference x86_64-lfs-linux-gnu instead of x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (but actually, not very serious, since it occurs only for source files that do not generate code, so gdb is usable anyway), binutils-pass2 needs "enable-shared" (this was added for clean ICA, maybe it can be removed).
 
 == ToDos
@@ -53 +53 @@
  Issue::
   In the first phase of chroot terminal is not quite usable (no backspace key etc).
- Solution::
-  remove "--disable-db-install" from the ncurses chap5 configure
-
+ Solutions::
+  - remove ''--disable-db-install'' from the ncurses chap5 configure. This means that '''tic''' should be present on the host with a suitably recent version (>= 6.0)
+  - build '''tic''' from the ncurses package with build host tools, and use it to compile the terminfo database when cross-building ncurses
+  - build with ''--disable-db-install'' and copy the /usr/share/terminfo database from the build host to the target lfs host (taints target in some way, who knows what is exactly in that database?).
+  - build with ''--disable-db-install'', then run the built '''tic''' to install the terminfo database (taints cross compile, but the most economical)
 
 === Phenomenon on ArchLinux
@@ -96 +98 @@
  Solution::
   <currently none>
+ Discussion::
+  There are only warnings, then the error is about a missing file when running the m4 subprocess. To troubleshoot: '''type m4''' and '''ldd /usr/bin/m4''', also try to run bison with a verbose switch.
+
+  For the '''tar''' issue, is it in a pipe? The mailing list thread concluded that it was related to a change in the way the SIGPIPE signal was handled.