report and queries on building 64bit + 32bit bi-arch amd64/i686 multilib glibc-2.8.90+ with gcc-4.2.4 on x86_64 AMD-TL64 linux-2.6.26+ GNU Linux

[Mark Seaborn]

Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.dias@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I attempt to build the HEAD branch after

If you check out glibc from CVS with this command:

>    cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc co libc

you will likely get this:

> configure: error:
> *** It seems that you're using an old `crypt' add-on.  crypt is now
> *** part of glibc and using the old add-on will not work with this
> *** release.  Start again with fresh sources and without the old
> *** `crypt' add-on.

You need to use cvs's -P flag, otherwise cvs will create empty
directories which confuse glibc's configure script.

i.e. check out with

cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/glibc -P co libc

or do

cvs update -dP

The instructions on http://sourceware.org/glibc/ are not entirely correct.
They would only work if you have put "update -dP" in your ~/.cvsrc.

Mark