Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 18:51:15 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lorder problem: aout vs. elf (and GNU Configure problem too) Message-ID: <199806051051.SAA00749@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:37:36 %2B0400." <19980605123736.A20838@nagual.pp.ru>
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=3D?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w=3D=3D?=3D wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 10:43:51AM +0400, =E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =FE=C5=D2=CE=
=CF=D7 wrote:
> > I expect lots of problems with GNU Configure scripts (for ports), the=
y
> > never search nm,ar,ranlib in .../aout
> > =
> > We must provide symlinks from =
> > /usr/bin/xxx -> /usr/libexec/{elf or aout}/xxx
> > otherwise lots of ports will be broken.
> =
> /usr/lib/libc.a (now moved to /usr/lib/aout) is also often parsed by GN=
U
> Configure :-(
Huh?? Such as? Almost all the GNU configure scripts test for presense o=
f =
libc routines by a compile attempt. I've never seen an autoconf script =
use ar/nm.
I think you are thinking of elm, perl5 etc which use Metaconfig. *that* =
uses ar/nm/etc and you have to tell it where the library is and how to ge=
t =
a list of symbols.
> It sounds like almost every GNU Configure port should be changed to
> reflect new aout subdirectories to preserve previous state. It is wrong=
> move indeed for elf version. It looks like libraries and /usr/bin symli=
nks
> are only solution. =
As I said before, the /usr/bin paths are already there and have been sinc=
e =
day one:
peter@beast[6:50pm]~src/usr.bin/lorder-203> l -i /usr/bin | grep 8468
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 ar*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 as*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 ld*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 nm*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 objformat*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 ranlib*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 size*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 strings*
8468 5 -r-xr-xr-x 9 bin bin 4424 May 30 17:47 strip*
Cheers,
-Peter
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Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting
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