Ken Moffat wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 05:39:39AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 03:10:42AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 04:53:21AM +0200, Markku Pesonen wrote: >>>> >>>> The binutils testsuite creates detailed logs in binutils/binutils.log, >>>> ld/ld.log, and gas/testsuite/gas.log in the binutils-build directory. >>>> I have found them to be very useful in figuring out unexpected test >>>> failures. >>>> >>> Thanks! I've just blown the first attempt away, but I'll have a >>> look at these in the second attempt. >>> >> Verily, it was written: >> cannot find -ldl >> >> So, the ld testsuite needs /usr/lib/libdl.a for the -static tests. >> >> But now I wish I'd gone to bed hours ago : I'm still getting the >> same 5 failures- >> ld-elf.exp > > Forget that. I'd been up all night in the hope of getting these > tests to all pass, and I guess I must have got too tired. Apologies > to the binutils devs for suggesting that the summary and ld.log > differed, I was wrong. > > I _thought_ I had rerun my script, i.e. remove the directories, > untar, patch (to see which linker was used), make, make check, halt > and with my own log from make check logged as LFS-7.4.-3 (third build > on this machine). I certainly checked that the date/time (to the > minute) of my check log and ld.log agreed, but I now guess that I > must have rerun 'make check' by hand and I'm surprised that I managed > to read the initial ld.log after the check log had been created, find > libdl.a.hidden, rename it, and rerun make check (or perhaps just make > check in ld) before the minute changed. > > I could have sworn that I got the "not remade because of errors" > message. Maybe I reran make check, glanced at the screen with > sleepy eyes, and read the earlier 'not remade' message. > > Whatever, now that I've woken the box from suspend (don't ask about > yesterday :) I _did_ rerun my script and all the tests passed, with > a status of 0. > > Spelled out in detail not because it is interesting, or counts as > an adequate excuse, but because I believe that technical / support > issues are like an exam - "show working". Sorry for the noise.
Thanks Ken, but don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Been there, done that. :) -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
