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Re: elfutils build error
- From: Mark Wielaard <mjw at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:51:49 +0100
- Subject: Re: elfutils build error
On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 19:45 +0100, phi gcc wrote:
> I grabbed the elfutils-0.165.tar.bz2
> CU82$ tar xf elfutils-0.165.tar.bz2
> CU82$ cd elfutils-0.165
> CU82$ configure
> ...
> =====================================================================
> elfutils: 0.165 (eu_version: 165)
> =====================================================================
>
> Prefix : /usr/local
> Program prefix ("eu-" recommended) : NONE
> Source code location : .
> Maintainer mode :
> libebl modules subdirectory : elfutils
> build arch : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> RECOMMENDED FEATURES (should all be yes)
> gzip support : yes
> bzip2 support : yes
> lzma/xz support : yes
> libstdc++ demangle support : yes
> File textrel check : yes
> Symbol versioning : yes
>
> NOT RECOMMENDED FEATURES (should all be no)
> Experimental thread safety : no
>
> OTHER FEATURES
> Deterministic archives by default : false
> Native language support : yes
>
> EXTRA TEST FEATURES (used with make check)
> have bunzip2 installed (required) : yes
> debug branch prediction : no
> gprof support : no
> gcov support : no
> run all tests under valgrind : no
> gcc undefined behaviour sanitizer : no
> use rpath in tests : no
> test biarch : no
>
>
> CU82$ make
> make --no-print-directory all-recursive
> Making all in config
> ...
>
> ldgeneric.o: In function `ld_generic_open_outfile':
> /home/phi/elfutils-0.165/src/ldgeneric.c:2669: warning: the use of `mktemp' is d
> angerous, better use `mkstemp' or `mkdtemp'
> CC elflint.o
> CCLD elflint
> ./ld: unrecognized option '--sysroot=/'
> Try `ld --help' or `ld --usage' for more information.
> collect2: error: ld returned 64 exit status
> make[2]: *** [elflint] Error 1
> rm i386_ld.o
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> ========================
>
> Am I doing something obviously wrong ?
I think what is happening is that you have "." (the current directory)
in your PATH. So when the build is in src/ it picks up the just build
src/ld program. Which isn't really ready, and doesn't understand
--sysroot. Best to remove "." from your PATH.
Cheers,
Mark