On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 01:05:50PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Package: libc6-dev > Version: 2.3.1-17 > > busybox-cvs fails to build from source on powerpc. Here is the relevant > part of the build log: > gcc -I./include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow -Os > -fomit-frame-pointer -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -c -o libbb/syscalls.o > libbb/syscalls.c > libbb/syscalls.c: In function `sysfs': > libbb/syscalls.c:43: error: asm-specifier for variable `__sc_4' conflicts > with asm clobber list > libbb/syscalls.c:43: error: asm-specifier for variable `__sc_5' conflicts > with asm clobber list > libbb/syscalls.c: In function `pivot_root': > libbb/syscalls.c:68: error: asm-specifier for variable `__sc_4' conflicts > with asm clobber list > make[1]: *** [libbb/syscalls.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/busybox-cvs-0.60.99.cvs20030426' > make: *** [build-arch-deb-stamp] Error 2 > > I searched on google to find the cause of this problem. Two messages [1][2] I > found suggest, that this is a kernel-headers problem in the file asm/unistd.h. > This file is provided by libc6-dev. According to Benjamin Herrenschmidt, this > big will be fiexed, if you update unistd.h with one from 2.4.21-rc* kernel. > Locally I managed to compile busybox-cvs with this fix. > > The latest busybox-cvs is needed for debian-installer.
Fix libbb to use syscall () instead, please. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
