Hey Guys... I just thought I'd let you all know how it turned out.
Chris, you were absolutely right. There was a package missing. I had followed "host system requirements", but it seems that autoconf is needed too. Ubuntu Lucid does not have it installed by default. If you see the output I have pasted below- you'll see that autoconf was missing. It is not mentioned in the "host system requirements". It worked as soon as I installed it. Simon- I really know just the basics about how bash works- but thank you for pointing out that scripts might use /bin/sh- I had no clue! But dash worked for me - luckily! Thank you for your help guys! ----- Gaurav ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Staub <ch...@beaker67.com> To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> Sent: Wed, 5 May, 2010 1:17:28 AM Subject: Re: Make error in glibc On 05/05/2010 12:57 AM, gaurav k wrote: > I'm inside the extracted glibc directory, and this is what I do: > > $mkdir -v ../glibc-build > $cd ../glibc-build > $echo "CFLAGS += -march=i486 -mtune=native"> configparams Assuming this is a literal copy of what you actually typed, this is incorrect. It's "configparms" not "configparams". > $../glibc-2.11.1/configure --prefix=/tools --host=$LFS_TGT > --build=$(../glibc-2.11.1/scripts/config.guess) --disable-profile > --enable-add-ons --enable-kernel=2.6.18 --with-headers=/tools/include/ > libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes > $make > > > > What I tried was, I redirected the output of the following command to a file: > > $../glibc-2.11.1/configure --prefix=/tools --host=$LFS_TGT > --build=$(../glibc-2.11.1/scripts/config.guess) --disable-profile > --enable-add-ons --enable-kernel=2.6.18 --with-headers=/tools/include/ > libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes> file.txt > > and so was able to see the following on the shell: > > configure: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet > configure: WARNING: > *** These auxiliary programs are missing or incompatible versions: msgfmt > makeinfo autoconf > *** some features will be disabled. > *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions. > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result > configure: WARNING: cpuid.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence > > > > I'm guessing THIS is the real problem? No idea (though I think the above misspelling of configparms is the real issue), but the message about not finding makeinfo does also indicate that you've missed a page. See "Host System Requirements" and make sure you actually do have everything listed there. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
