Re: Build Error

[Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>]

[ Moved to gcc@gcc.gnu.org ]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:46, Sandeep Soni <soni.sandeepb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 02:24, Sandeep Soni <soni.sandeepb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I installed elfutils-libelf-devel-0.145-1 and that worked.
>>
>> Yes. ÂOlder libelfs will not work. ÂHowever, you should've gotten a
>> configuration-time error. ÂIf you can reproduce, could you file a bug?
>> ÂThe checking done during configuration did not spot the old version
>> of libelf.
>>
>
> Here was the configuration output:
>
> [root@Sandy build]# ../trunk/configure
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether ln works... yes
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking for gnatbind... no
> checking for gnatmake... no
> checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... no
> checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... cmp
> --ignore-initial=16 $$f1 $$f2
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking for the correct version of gmp.h... yes
> checking for the correct version of mpfr.h... yes
> checking for the correct version of mpc.h... yes
> checking for the correct version of the gmp/mpfr/mpc libraries... yes
> checking for version 0.10 (or later revision) of PPL... no
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking libelf.h usability... yes
> checking libelf.h presence... yes
> checking for libelf.h... yes
> checking gelf.h usability... yes
> checking gelf.h presence... yes
> checking for gelf.h... yes
> checking libelf/libelf.h usability... yes
> checking libelf/libelf.h presence... yes
> checking for libelf/libelf.h... yes
> checking libelf/gelf.h usability... yes
> checking libelf/gelf.h presence... yes
> checking for libelf/gelf.h... yes
> checking for the correct version of libelf... yes
> checking for elf_getshdrstrndx... no
> checking for elf_getshstrndx... yes
> The following languages will be built: c,c++,fortran,java,lto,objc
> *** This configuration is not supported in the following subdirectories:
> Â Â target-libada gnattools
> Â Â(Any other directories should still work fine.)
> checking for default BUILD_CONFIG... bootstrap-debug
> *** removing build-i686-pc-linux-gnu/libiberty/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing build-i686-pc-linux-gnu/fixincludes/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-intl/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing intl/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-libiberty/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing libiberty/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-zlib/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing zlib/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-libcpp/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing libcpp/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-libdecnumber/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing libdecnumber/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing prev-gcc/Makefile to force reconfigure
> *** removing gcc/Makefile to force reconfigure
> checking for bison... bison -y
> checking for bison... bison
> checking for gm4... no
> checking for gnum4... no
> checking for m4... m4
> checking for flex... flex
> checking for flex... flex
> checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
> checking for expect... no
> checking for runtest... no
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for as... as
> checking for dlltool... no
> checking for ld... ld
> checking for lipo... no
> checking for nm... nm
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for strip... strip
> checking for windres... no
> checking for windmc... no
> checking for objcopy... objcopy
> checking for objdump... objdump
> checking for cc... cc
> checking for c++... c++
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for gcj... no
> checking for gfortran... gfortran
> checking for ar... no
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for as... no
> checking for as... as
> checking for dlltool... no
> checking for dlltool... no
> checking for ld... no
> checking for ld... ld
> checking for lipo... no
> checking for lipo... no
> checking for nm... no
> checking for nm... nm
> checking for objdump... no
> checking for objdump... objdump
> checking for ranlib... no
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for strip... no
> checking for strip... strip
> checking for windres... no
> checking for windres... no
> checking for windmc... no
> checking for windmc... no
> checking where to find the target ar... host tool
> checking where to find the target as... host tool
> checking where to find the target cc... just compiled
> checking where to find the target c++... just compiled
> checking where to find the target c++ for libstdc++... just compiled
> checking where to find the target dlltool... host tool
> checking where to find the target gcc... just compiled
> checking where to find the target gcj... just compiled
> checking where to find the target gfortran... just compiled
> checking where to find the target ld... host tool
> checking where to find the target lipo... host tool
> checking where to find the target nm... host tool
> checking where to find the target objdump... host tool
> checking where to find the target ranlib... host tool
> checking where to find the target strip... host tool
> checking where to find the target windres... host tool
> checking where to find the target windmc... host tool
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> checking whether -fkeep-inline-functions is supported... yes
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
>
>
> There were these lines :
> checking for the correct version of libelf... yes
> checking for elf_getshdrstrndx... no
> checking for elf_getshstrndx... yes
>
> I think this is fine.Right?

Hmm, it did not detect elf_getshdrstrndx and yet it tried to use it
later on. I think that's the bug.  Yes, please file a bug.  I believe
it's going to be easy to fix, though.  There should be an unguarded
use of that function somewhere, it needs to be changed.

>
> If not, should I file a bug?
>
>>> However, now I face a different error that says:
>>>
>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/Sandy/Development/build'
>>> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/Sandy/Development/build'
>>> rm -f stage_current
>>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/Sandy/Development/build'
>>> Comparing stages 2 and 3
>>> warning: gcc/cc1-checksum.o differs
>>> warning: gcc/cc1obj-checksum.o differs
>>> warning: gcc/cc1plus-checksum.o differs
>>> Bootstrap comparison failure!
>>> gcc/gcc.o differs
>>> gcc/plugin.o differs
>>> make[2]: *** [compare] Error 1
>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Sandy/Development/build'
>>> make[1]: *** [stage3-bubble] Error 2
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Sandy/Development/build'
>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> Did you start the build from scratch after installing the new libelf?
>>
>
> Yes.I mean, did make clean and started from configure step again.
>
> ../trunk/configure
> make
>
> Should I delete the previous build directory altogether and then start
> the build again?

Yes, try from whole cloth.


Diego.