On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 05:22:28PM -0500, Jim Bloom wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >
> > texinfo is already in bootstrap tools. The problem is that we do not have
> > such a thing like `install' tools. Apparently, every tool we are using
> > at installworld stage, should be compiled `static' at buildworld stage,
> > and then these tools should be used at installworld. Among these tools,
> > there should be at least xinstall and install-info.
>
> Don't forget the cross platform installation issues. If the
> installworld is executed on the target machine with the host machine's
> build area mounted, then this works fine. If you have the target
> machine's root mounted on the host machine, you can't use anything out
> of the build area.
>
Maybe we could play with INSTALL_ARCH (the architecture on which
the installworld will be run, defaulting to the MACHINE_ARCH)?
> > I could MFC the -current texinfo into -stable, so installworld of
> > -current would be possible from the latest -stable, but...
> >
> > Another possibility would be to add install-tools target to Makeinfo.inc1
> > to statically build install tools like xinstall and install-info, and
> > use them at installworld stage. I will prepare the patch tomorrow, will
> > test it on my -stable machine, and will then send it to -current.
>
> The problem with install-info is not a linkage problem, but a feature
> change between the versions. So far I don't see a reason to to link it
> 'static'. I believe what needs to be done in this case is to ensure
> that install-info is installed before it is used. I suspect that a bit
> of careful addition of early installs in the middle of installworld will
> solve this problem.
>
There are at least 2 reasons to link them static:
1. On -stable we have libc.so.3, on -current - libc.so.4.
2. DESTDIR is not always /, so these tools (if installed early)
could be out of $PATH anyway.
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