Brian Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a small issue with make install of coreutils. I've > included below a patch that solves my problem. > > I am using coreutils-6.12, and building it under cygwin, and I'm > cross-compiling it to a PPC-440. > > Here's my build steps: > ./configure --host=powerpc-440-linux-gnu --prefix="`pwd`/__images" > make > make install > > configure and make work fine. But make install fails with: > ./ginstall: ./ginstall: cannot execute binary file > > To fix this, I'm using the patch below. Note that the change in my > patch applies to code from a very recent checkin: > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=9d595099372e2eabbecce2f303058743e93f0748 > > Perhaps my issue is only related to cross-compiling? Or is there a > better fix I should use?
Thank you for the report and patch. The bug is indeed specific to cross-compiling environments. There is some benefit in using the just-built binary when possible, so I've fixed it to permit that. Would you please confirm that this works for you, too? >From 9a4e22d03600c836673033089e396e141c7d1f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:41:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] install with just-built ./ginstall only when not cross-compiling * src/Makefile.am (install-exec-am): ...otherwise, use the default value, $(INSTALL_PROGRAM). Reported by Brian Silverman. --- THANKS | 1 + src/Makefile.am | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index 40b33ba..bff0917 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Bob Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brendan O'Dea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Kimball [EMAIL PROTECTED] +Brian Silverman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Youmans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Korb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am index 342fc09..65b20a2 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.am +++ b/src/Makefile.am @@ -437,11 +437,15 @@ sc_tight_scope: $(all_programs) { echo 'the above variables should have static scope' 1>&2; \ exit 1; } || : -.PHONY: cu-install-binPROGRAMS +# Use the just-built ./ginstall, when not cross-compiling. +# Override automake's install-one-at-a-time rule, when possible. install-exec-am: - @case '$(program_transform_name):$(EXEEXT)' in \ + @(./ginstall --version) > /dev/null 2>&1 \ + && install=./ginstall \ + || install='$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)'; \ + case '$(program_transform_name):$(EXEEXT)' in \ 's,x,x,:') cu=cu-;; *) cu= ;; esac; \ - $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) binPROGRAMS_INSTALL=./ginstall \ + $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) binPROGRAMS_INSTALL="$$install" \ $${cu}install-binPROGRAMS @$(NORMAL_INSTALL) $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-exec-hook @@ -458,6 +462,7 @@ install-exec-am: filtered_PROGS = \ `echo "$(bin_PROGRAMS)" | sed 's/ *\<ginstall\> */ /;s/ *\[ */ /'` d_bindir = $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) +.PHONY: cu-install-binPROGRAMS cu-install-binPROGRAMS: $(bin_PROGRAMS) $(NORMAL_INSTALL) test -z "$(bindir)" || $(MKDIR_P) "$(d_bindir)" -- 1.5.6.1.206.g8dcaf96 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils