Thanks Thomas and Jim, that looks right. But puzzling enough, I'm still having troubles. I'm also using ArchLinux, and I can't get the build to succeed even using Thomas' package build script (which is essentially just the same build script I was using, except deleting the obsolete lines at the end of my script making a manual symlink from /usr/lib/libchicken.so.5 -> libchicken.so).
The earlier build line: make PLATFORM=linux PREFIX=/usr goes fine, but here is what I'm seeing during the package/install stage. This corresponds to this line in the package build script: make PLATFORM=linux PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install Here is what I'm seeing... ==> Starting package()... make -f ./Makefile.linux CONFIG= install make[1]: Entering directory `/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/src/chicken-4.7.0' mkdir -p "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/lib" rm -f chicken mkdir -p "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" rm -f csi rm -f chicken-profile rm -f csc install -m755 libchicken.so "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/lib/libchicken.so" rm -f chicken-bug mkdir -p "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken/doc" rm -f chicken-status rm -f chicken-install rm -f chicken-uninstall rm -f chicken.so lolevel.so srfi-1.so srfi-4.so data-structures.so ports.so files.so posix.so srfi-13.so srfi-69.so extras.so srfi-14.so tcp.so foreign.so scheme.so srfi-18.so utils.so csi.so irregex.so setup-api.so setup-download.so rm -f chicken.import.so lolevel.import.so srfi-1.import.so srfi-4.import.so data-structures.import.so ports.import.so files.import.so posix.import.so srfi-13.import.so srfi-69.import.so extras.import.so srfi-14.import.so tcp.import.so foreign.import.so scheme.import.so srfi-18.import.so utils.import.so csi.import.so irregex.import.so setup-api.import.so setup-download.import.so rm -f libchicken.so make -f ./Makefile.linux CONFIG= NEEDS_RELINKING=no RUNTIME_LINKER_PATH="/usr/lib" SONAME_VERSION=.6 install-bin mkdir -p "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken" install: cannot stat `libchicken.so': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [install-libs] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... install -m644 ./chicken.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./csc.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./csi.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./chicken-install.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./chicken-uninstall.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./chicken-status.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./chicken-profile.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" install -m644 ./chicken-bug.1 "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/man/man1" mkdir -p "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken/doc/manual" make[2]: Entering directory `/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/src/chicken-4.7.0' gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libchicken.so.6 \ -o libchicken.so library.o eval.o data-structures.o ports.o files.o extras.o lolevel.o utils.o tcp.o srfi-1.o srfi-4.o srfi-13.o srfi-14.o srfi-18.o srfi-69.o posixunix.o irregex.o scheduler.o profiler.o stub.o expand.o chicken-syntax.o chicken-ffi-syntax.o runtime.o apply-hack.x86-64.o -lm -ldl gcc -L. -shared -Wl,-R"/usr/lib" setup-download.o -o setup-download.so \ -lchicken \ -lm -ldl install -m644 ./manual-html/* "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken/doc/manual" install -m644 ./README "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken/doc" ./libchicken.so: file not recognized: File truncated collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [setup-download.so] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... install -m644 ./LICENSE "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken/doc" install -m644 ./setup.defaults "/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/pkg/usr/share/chicken" ln -sf libchicken.so libchicken.so.6 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/src/chicken-4.7.0' make[1]: *** [install-bin] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/cache/build/makepkg-tmp-jim/chicken/src/chicken-4.7.0' make: *** [install] Error 2 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting... Very strange. libchicken.so definitely does exist at that point in the build directory, and isn't 0 bytes long. So I don't know what's going on. Sometimes when I ran this build script, I didn't get the first error: install: cannot stat `libchicken.so': No such file or directory But I still did get the second error, and the installation still failed: ./libchicken.so: file not recognized: File truncated I'll keep poking around but if anyone with closer knowledge of the makefile has insight into what's going on, I'd be glad to hear it. Also, Thomas, if this build script is working for you I'm not sure what might be responsible for it's not working for me. Might we compare our /etc/makepkg.conf files? -- Jim Pryor prof...@jimpryor.net _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users