Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-11 Thread Jim Gifford
The problem is that he was trying to build glibc in /mnt/lfs/tools/glibc-build and not what we would expect /mnt/lfs/glibc-build, so yes, there would be an error. Noone should be using /mnt/lfs/tools for their builds. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linu

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-10 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 2/10/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My question is: Why does the package try to install something *from* a > location that is outside its own files. Its own files reside on, in > this case, > > {/mnt/lfs}/tools/glibc-build/ and > {/mnt/lfs}/tools/glibc-$glibc-version > > but it

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Chris Staub wrote: > Yes, but in general it doesn't matter *where* you build stuff, it will > still work fine. > > However, this does seem to be an exception in the case of Glibc > 2.5...I've been testing it myself, and I get a build failure due to the > same problem, as it keeps complaining t

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-10 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 2/10/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apparently, if there is an "include" dir one level up from the Glibc > build dir, it automatically copies headers from there into the default > include dir. Obviously, this means that if you build Glibc in /tools, it > tries to copy from "glibc

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-10 Thread Chris Staub
Matthew Burgess wrote: > On Saturday 10 February 2007 06:23, Dan Winkler wrote: > >> i unpack the package in /mnt/lfs/tools then follow the instructions. > > Why? It's recommended that all packages should live in /sources and be > unpacked there. See 3.1: Introduction > > "Downloaded packages

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-10 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Saturday 10 February 2007 06:23, Dan Winkler wrote: > i unpack the package in /mnt/lfs/tools then follow the instructions. Why? It's recommended that all packages should live in /sources and be unpacked there. See 3.1: Introduction "Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored so

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)(fixed)

2007-02-09 Thread Dan Winkler
This issue has been resolved but points to potential other issues when glibc-2.35 is unpacked and built within the /tools directory somthing seems to get mixed up in the path names when unpacking and building within the /sources directory the build proceeds normally -- http://linuxfromscratch.or

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-09 Thread Dan Winkler
> How are you building this? None of those paths look right at all. I > have no idea why it's trying to install to linux/limits.h. im using the instructions located in section 5.6.1 of the LFS book (dev) mkdir -v ../glibc-build cd ../glibc-build ../glibc-2.5/configure --prefix=/tools \ --disa

Re: Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-09 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 2/9/07, Dan Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i hit a road block at glibc-2.5: > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 > /mnt/lfs/tools/glibc-build/../include/linux/limits.h > /tools/include/linux/limits.h > /usr/bin/install: > `/mnt/lfs/tools/glibc-build/../include/linux/limits.h' and > `/tools/inc

Glibc-2.5 build errors (limits.h etc)

2007-02-09 Thread Dan Winkler
running off the most recent snapshot SVN-20070207 i hit a road block at glibc-2.5: /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 /mnt/lfs/tools/glibc-build/../include/linux/limits.h /tools/include/linux/limits.h /usr/bin/install: `/mnt/lfs/tools/glibc-build/../include/linux/limits.h' and `/tools/include/linux/lim