Hello, I'm trying to build a temporary toolchain using the LFS 8.2
book. I'm not a first time user The only deviation from the book that
I'm doing is that instead of installing inside everything in /tools
I'm installing it inside /mikeos.
the LFS_TGT variable is set to i686-mikeos-linux-gnu
the LFS variable is set to /mnt/lfs
Now I will post the configure commands:
Binutils-2.30
../configure --prefix=/mikeos --target=i686-mikeos-linux-gnu
--with-lib-path=/mikeos/lib --with-sysroot=/mnt/lfs --disable-nls
--disable-werror
GCC 7.3.0 - Pass 1
(GCC was patched using the instructions from the book, replacing
/tools with /mikeos. I'm attaching the patched files.)
../configure --target=i686-mikeos-linux-gnu --prefix=/mikeos
--with-glibc-version=2.11 --with-sysroot=/mnt/lfs --with-newlib
--without-headers --with-local-prefix=/mikeos
--with-native-system-header-dir=/mikeos/include --disable-nls
--disable-shared --disable-multilib --disable-decimal-float
--disable-threads --disable-libatomic --disable-libgomp
--disable-libmpx --disable-libquadmath --disable-libssp
--disable-libvtv --disable-libstdcxx --enable-languages=c,c++
Glibc 2.27
../configure --prefix=/mikeos --host=i686-mikeos-linux-gnu
--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --enable-kernel=2.6.32
--with-headers=/mikeos/include libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes
libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes
i686-pc-linux-gnu is the output of $(../scripts/config.guess)
everything builds smoothly but when I try to compile dummy.c using
$LFS_TGT-gcc dummy.c it outputs this error and I can't continue.
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
the file that it's looking is inside /mikeos/lib
Here's the verbose output:
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=i686-mikeos-linux-gnu-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/lto-wrapper
Target: i686-mikeos-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../configure --target=i686-mikeos-linux-gnu
--prefix=/mikeos --with-glibc-version=2.11 --with-sysroot=/mnt/lfs
--with-newlib --without-headers --with-local-prefix=/mikeos
--with-native-system-header-dir=/mikeos/include --disable-nls
--disable-shared --disable-multilib --disable-decimal-float
--disable-threads --disable-libatomic --disable-libgomp
--disable-libmpx --disable-libquadmath --disable-libssp
--disable-libvtv --disable-libstdcxx --enable-languages=c,c++
Thread model: single
gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC)
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=pentiumpro'
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/cc1
-quiet -v -iprefix
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/ dummy.c
-quiet -dumpbase dummy.c -mtune=generic -march=pentiumpro -auxbase
dummy -version -o /tmp/ccLt7dlq.s
GNU C11 (GCC) version 7.3.0 (i686-mikeos-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 7.3.0, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version
4.0.1, MPC version 1.1.0, isl version none
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
ignoring nonexistent directory
"/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/include"
ignoring duplicate directory
"/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/include"
ignoring duplicate directory
"/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/include-fixed"
ignoring nonexistent directory
"/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "/mnt/lfs/mikeos/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts herecd ..:
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/include
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/include-fixed
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/include
End of search list.
GNU C11 (GCC) version 7.3.0 (i686-mikeos-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 7.3.0, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version
4.0.1, MPC version 1.1.0, isl version none
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: c1d3a69e3cae498aec5e9863f3833dd4
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=pentiumpro'
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/as
-v --32 -o /tmp/ccyJDQbI.o /tmp/ccLt7dlq.s
GNU assembler version 2.30 (i686-mikeos-linux-gnu) using BFD version
(GNU Binutils) 2.30
COMPILER_PATH=/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/:/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/:/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/
LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/:/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/:/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/lib/:/mnt/lfs/mikeos/lib
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=pentiumpro'
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/collect2
-plugin
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/liblto_plugin.so
-plugin-opt=/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/lto-wrapper
-plugin-opt=-fresolution=/tmp/ccpJK4F0.res
-plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lc
-plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc --sysroot=/mnt/lfs --eh-frame-hdr -m
elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /mikeos/lib/ld-linux.so.2 crt1.o crti.o
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/crtbegin.o
-L/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0
-L/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc
-L/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/lib
-L/mnt/lfs/mikeos/lib /tmp/ccyJDQbI.o -lgcc -lc -lgcc
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/crtend.o
crtn.o
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/mnt/lfs/mikeos/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../../i686-mikeos-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
linux.h.txt is the file gcc/config/linux.h
i386_linux.h.txt is the file gcc/config/i386/linux.h
i386_linux64.h.txt is the file gcc/config/i386/linux64.h
/* Definitions for Intel 386 running Linux-based GNU systems with ELF format.
Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Eric Youngdale.
Modified for stabs-in-ELF by H.J. Lu.
This file is part of GCC.
GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.
GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#define GNU_USER_LINK_EMULATION "elf_i386"
#define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/mikeos/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
#undef MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/mikeos/lib/ld-musl-i386.so.1"
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/mikeos/lib"
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""
/* Definitions for AMD x86-64 running Linux-based GNU systems with ELF format.
Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Jan Hubicka <j...@suse.cz>, based on linux.h.
This file is part of GCC.
GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.
GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, version
3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#define GNU_USER_LINK_EMULATION32 "elf_i386"
#define GNU_USER_LINK_EMULATION64 "elf_x86_64"
#define GNU_USER_LINK_EMULATIONX32 "elf32_x86_64"
#define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/mikeos/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
#define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/mikeos/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"
#define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 "/libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2"
#undef MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER32
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/mikeos/lib/ld-musl-i386.so.1"
#undef MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER64
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/mikeos/lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1"
#undef MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 "/mikeos/lib/ld-musl-x32.so.1"
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/mikeos/lib"
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""
/* Definitions for systems using the Linux kernel, with or without
MMU, using ELF at the compiler level but possibly FLT for final
linked executables and shared libraries in some no-MMU cases, and
possibly with a choice of libc implementations.
Copyright (C) 1995-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Eric Youngdale.
Modified for stabs-in-ELF by H.J. Lu (h...@lucon.org).
This file is part of GCC.
GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
any later version.
GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, version
3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
/* C libraries supported on Linux. */
#ifdef SINGLE_LIBC
#define OPTION_GLIBC (DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_GLIBC)
#define OPTION_UCLIBC (DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_UCLIBC)
#define OPTION_BIONIC (DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_BIONIC)
#undef OPTION_MUSL
#define OPTION_MUSL (DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_MUSL)
#else
#define OPTION_GLIBC (linux_libc == LIBC_GLIBC)
#define OPTION_UCLIBC (linux_libc == LIBC_UCLIBC)
#define OPTION_BIONIC (linux_libc == LIBC_BIONIC)
#undef OPTION_MUSL
#define OPTION_MUSL (linux_libc == LIBC_MUSL)
#endif
#define GNU_USER_TARGET_OS_CPP_BUILTINS() \
do { \
if (OPTION_GLIBC) \
builtin_define ("__gnu_linux__"); \
builtin_define_std ("linux"); \
builtin_define_std ("unix"); \
builtin_assert ("system=linux"); \
builtin_assert ("system=unix"); \
builtin_assert ("system=posix"); \
} while (0)
/* Determine which dynamic linker to use depending on whether GLIBC or
uClibc or Bionic or musl is the default C library and whether
-muclibc or -mglibc or -mbionic or -mmusl has been passed to change
the default. */
#define CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER1(LIBC1, LIBC2, LIBC3, LIBC4, LD1, LD2, LD3, LD4)
\
"%{" LIBC2 ":" LD2 ";:%{" LIBC3 ":" LD3 ";:%{" LIBC4 ":" LD4 ";:" LD1 "}}}"
#if DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_GLIBC
#define CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER(G, U, B, M) \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER1 ("mglibc", "muclibc", "mbionic", "mmusl", G, U, B, M)
#elif DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_UCLIBC
#define CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER(G, U, B, M) \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER1 ("muclibc", "mglibc", "mbionic", "mmusl", U, G, B, M)
#elif DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_BIONIC
#define CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER(G, U, B, M) \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER1 ("mbionic", "mglibc", "muclibc", "mmusl", B, G, U, M)
#elif DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_MUSL
#define CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER(G, U, B, M) \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER1 ("mmusl", "mglibc", "muclibc", "mbionic", M, G, U, B)
#else
#error "Unsupported DEFAULT_LIBC"
#endif /* DEFAULT_LIBC */
/* For most targets the following definitions suffice;
GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER must be defined for each target using them, or
GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 and GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 for targets
supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit compilation. */
#define UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/mikeos/lib/ld-uClibc.so.0"
#define UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/mikeos/lib/ld-uClibc.so.0"
#define UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/mikeos/lib/ld64-uClibc.so.0"
#define UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 "/mikeos/lib/ldx32-uClibc.so.0"
#define BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/system/bin/linker"
#define BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/system/bin/linker"
#define BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/system/bin/linker64"
#define BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 "/system/bin/linkerx32"
/* Should be redefined for each target that supports musl. */
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER "/dev/null"
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/dev/null"
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/dev/null"
#define MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 "/dev/null"
#define GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKER \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER (GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER, UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER, \
BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER, MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER)
#define GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER (GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32, UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32, \
BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32, MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER32)
#define GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER (GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64, UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64, \
BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64, MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKER64)
#define GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32 \
CHOOSE_DYNAMIC_LINKER (GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32, UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32, \
BIONIC_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32, MUSL_DYNAMIC_LINKERX32)
/* Whether we have Bionic libc runtime */
#undef TARGET_HAS_BIONIC
#define TARGET_HAS_BIONIC (OPTION_BIONIC)
/* musl avoids problematic includes by rearranging the include directories.
* Unfortunately, this is mostly duplicated from cppdefault.c */
#if DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_MUSL
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_GPP \
{ GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR, "G++", 1, 1, \
GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR_ADD_SYSROOT, 0 }, \
{ GPLUSPLUS_TOOL_INCLUDE_DIR, "G++", 1, 1, \
GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR_ADD_SYSROOT, 1 }, \
{ GPLUSPLUS_BACKWARD_INCLUDE_DIR, "G++", 1, 1, \
GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR_ADD_SYSROOT, 0 },
#ifdef LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_LOCAL \
{ LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2 }, \
{ LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 },
#else
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_LOCAL
#endif
#ifdef PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_PREFIX \
{ PREFIX_INCLUDE_DIR, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0},
#else
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_PREFIX
#endif
#ifdef CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_CROSS \
{ CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR, "GCC", 0, 0, 0, 0},
#else
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_CROSS
#endif
#ifdef TOOL_INCLUDE_DIR
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_TOOL \
{ TOOL_INCLUDE_DIR, "BINUTILS", 0, 1, 0, 0},
#else
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_TOOL
#endif
#ifdef NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_NATIVE \
{ NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2 }, \
{ NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 },
#else
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_NATIVE
#endif
#if defined (CROSS_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE) && !defined (TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT)
# undef INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_LOCAL
# define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_LOCAL
# undef INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_NATIVE
# define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_NATIVE
#else
# undef INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_CROSS
# define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_CROSS
#endif
#undef INCLUDE_DEFAULTS
#define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS \
{ \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_GPP \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_LOCAL \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_PREFIX \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_CROSS \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_TOOL \
INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_MUSL_NATIVE \
{ GCC_INCLUDE_DIR, "GCC", 0, 1, 0, 0 }, \
{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } \
}
#endif
#if (DEFAULT_LIBC == LIBC_UCLIBC) && defined (SINGLE_LIBC) /* uClinux */
/* This is a *uclinux* target. We don't define below macros to normal linux
versions, because doing so would require *uclinux* targets to include
linux.c, linux-protos.h, linux.opt, etc. We could, alternatively, add
these files to *uclinux* targets, but that would only pollute option list
(add -mglibc, etc.) without adding any useful support. */
/* Define TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION for *uclinux* targets to
no_c99_libc_has_function, because uclibc does not, normally, have
c99 runtime. If, in special cases, uclibc does have c99 runtime,
this should be defined to a new hook. Also please note that for targets
like *-linux-uclibc that similar check will also need to be added to
linux_libc_has_function. */
# undef TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION
# define TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION no_c99_libc_has_function
#else /* !uClinux, i.e., normal Linux */
/* Determine what functions are present at the runtime;
this includes full c99 runtime and sincos. */
# undef TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION
# define TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION linux_libc_has_function
#endif
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/mikeos/lib"
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""
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