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Re: binutils test result mysteries
----- Original Message -----
From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, December 2, 2012 12:35 pm
Subject: Re: binutils test result mysteries
To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
Cc: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, binutils@sourceware.org
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
> wrote:
> >> On 2012-12-02 07:29, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
> >> > Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 8:35 pm
> >> ...
> >> >> Red Hat makes it difficult to get a static C library, for some reason.
> >> >> You need to turn on the "RHEL Server Optional" category in your
> package
> >> >> manager to even see it.
> >> >
> >> > Looks like they hid it way down in this :
> >> >
> >> > [root@sedna ~]# yum provides "*/libc.a"
> >> > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
> >> > 1:compat-glibc-2.5-46.2.x86_64 : Compatibility C library
> >> > Repo : rhel-x86_64-workstation-6
> >> > Matched from:
> >> > Filename : /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux5E/lib64/libc.a
> >> >
> >> > The name "Compatibility C library" doesn't fill me with warm and
> >> fuzzy joy.
> >>
> >> No, this is not the one you need. You need exactly the "glibc-static"
> >> package. You must enable the "RHEL Server Optional" category in
> Red Hat
> >> Network to be able to download it with yum. If you cannot do this,
> >> either switch to CentOS, or accept that some tests will fail.
> >
> > The static glibc package does not exist for RHEL Workstation so I
> opened a support case. with Red Hat.
> >
> > I note that I probably need the static libgcc also :
> >
> > $ cat -n h.c
> > 1 #define _POSIX_SOURCE 1
> > 2 #include <stdio.h>
> > 3
> > 4 int
> > 5 main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > 6 {
> > 7 printf ( "Hello World!\n" );
> > 8 return (0);
> > 9 }
> >
> >
> > $ gcc -m64 -g -malign-double -std=iso9899:199409 -pedantic-errors
> -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-fused-madd -fexceptions -fpic
> -fvisibility=default -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib -Wl,-q -o h h.c
> > sedna.adbs.ca $ ./h
> > Hello World!
> >
> > $ gcc -m64 -g -malign-double -std=iso9899:199409 -pedantic-errors
> -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-fused-madd -fexceptions -fpic
> -fvisibility=default -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib -Wl,-q -Wl,-Bstatic -o
> h h.c
> > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> >
>
> You need
>
> [root@gnu-27 hjl]# rpm -qf /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
> libgcc-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64
> [root@gnu-27 hjl]#
>
> and
>
> [root@gnu-27 hjl]# rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libc.a
> glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64
> [root@gnu-27 hjl]#
>
> glibc-static rpm is on RHEL 6 optional channel.
I am searching for that now and have found the "Full Software Channel List" on the RH site,
however I am already using the "Red Hat Optional Workstation 6" channel and the package
does not seem to exist in there. Whatever the "server" optional supply channel is, it has to
include other things like glibc-static-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64.
Still digging.
dc
>
> --
> H.J.