Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, I can talking generically about whaqtever project software etc you are working on. Kevin On August 24, 2002 11:14, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 10:59:00AM -0400, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote: > > The key here is to make sure that all shared libraries in the gentoo > > project ar

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:40:16PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:27:44PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > but it turns out __linux simply isn't defined in src/mntent_wrap.c, so > > those functions don't get defined. Dunno what a better test for a Linux > > build would be (__

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:44:42PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > but it turns out __linux simply isn't defined in src/mntent_wrap.c, so > > > those functions don't get defined. Dunno what a better test for a Linux > > > build would be (__linux is also used in a couple other gentoo files). > >

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 17:40, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:27:44PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > but it turns out __linux simply isn't defined in src/mntent_wrap.c, so > > those functions don't get defined. Dunno what a better test for a Linux > > build would be (__linux is also

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:27:44PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > but it turns out __linux simply isn't defined in src/mntent_wrap.c, so > those functions don't get defined. Dunno what a better test for a Linux > build would be (__linux is also used in a couple other gentoo files). I would think th

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 04:46:35PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, > > I maintain the gentoo package. No, it doesn't have anything to do with the > gentoo Linux distribution. :) After having uploaded a new version, the > powerpc buildd started failing to build gentoo. > > http://buildd.debian.org

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 16:46, Josip Rodin wrote: > > I maintain the gentoo package. No, it doesn't have anything to do with the > gentoo Linux distribution. :) After having uploaded a new version, the > powerpc buildd started failing to build gentoo. > > http://buildd.debian.org/build.php?pkg=gent

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 10:59:00AM -0400, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote: > The key here is to make sure that all shared libraries in the gentoo > project are built with -fPIC for all platforms (x86 will work without it > but ppc will not but both *should* have -fPIC) . What gentoo project? I said thi

Re: gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, There are two possible problem areas: 1. you are missing a required library for linking or 2. you are linking to a library that was not properly built with -fPIC My guess is that the issue is no. 2 since it builds for x86 linux. The key here is to make sure that all shared libraries in t

gentoo failing to build on powerpc, a bit mysteriously

2002-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
Hi, I maintain the gentoo package. No, it doesn't have anything to do with the gentoo Linux distribution. :) After having uploaded a new version, the powerpc buildd started failing to build gentoo. http://buildd.debian.org/build.php?pkg=gentoo&arch=powerpc mount.o: In function `scan_for_dir':