From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 21:27:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6013E1065675 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:27:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marshc187@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EED8FC17 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:27:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marshc187@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so11471851bwz.19 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:27:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NRbL3ml0EN9NLjZEZXFuCMGfXZLLWQ5RbnuXNQMLJh0=; b=tkUgbEyNTY8JfWMX0M0YX7+h9Ku9Ff5BgBpjaH0EmAuxuqkZ3LWDDOtNfS+MX4O/T2 ebM2XGulOw0APWTLj8S3oTAp09qBYpmIFdsYQHDIG8iFDS90rgEgIPSpuZ3LKQut0M2Z LK1eqtxvl/v1KoWCPBIfNXIYWmc0BdnyNo1O8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XdVnVs7PuE/Y/jedfkGumJJ5RkVtbTYWl9v4pBiE+D//CCn4/BnfhTlRnO2yTg7dXl /arx60G4JvEsACRra+zpG7zMpKRTk2ApYMSr/UNo/7uTLH8Rr1t8smjA4Zyc1RHHaQw/ S5r78ATNbyessNN4sF6VLseQyutsBP5jvUHP8= Received: by 10.181.192.10 with SMTP id u10mr4521313bkp.185.1230413242475; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:27:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ilras.barsh ([92.251.20.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 13sm8271480fks.12.2008.12.27.13.27.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:27:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49569DA9.6050305@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:27:05 +0100 From: cwt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080830) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <332f78510812261402m289b6130qb56e5625258fb2f2@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310812261405k4db568bch768bb61439b8bc25@mail.gmail.com> <332f78510812261433v30ebfa82n13ec572c07e53b67@mail.gmail.com> <15A1EF0E-AFBF-403C-A351-8AFAA3EABA00@gmail.com> <332f78510812261738i549daeb3t6f8bd65c1387e119@mail.gmail.com> <20081227065709.GA54990@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <9268DAD1-17B4-4FCF-8A5B-8083933F4D60@gmail.com> <332f78510812270510x291812c3p973761815c3984b3@mail.gmail.com> <49565FFF.5070203@gmail.com> <1A5D46CF-986E-45BB-A889-34ABC6F3C684@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1A5D46CF-986E-45BB-A889-34ABC6F3C684@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Peter Jeremy , "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: general ports problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:27:24 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Dec 27, 2008, at 9:03, cwt wrote: > >> Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> On Dec 27, 2008, at 5:10, t-u-t >> > wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Garrett Cooper >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> On Dec 26, 2008, at 22:57, Peter Jeremy >>>> >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2008-Dec-27 02:38:41 +0100, t-u-t >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Garrett Cooper >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> A config.log file would help too.. >>>> >>>> oh, i thought that would be too long. i have attached one >>>> from a port i just >>>> chose at random now. >>>> >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, it got deleted by mailman. Can you post one >>>> of the >>>> shorter logs somewhere (eg pastebin.ca ). >>>> Also, what does 'gcc -V' >>>> report and can you manually compile (eg) a "hello world"? >>>> >>>> >>>> He's using the stock compiler and it appears that ld is screwed >>>> up because it fires back an error when linking. I'll forward you >>>> the log in my next email. >>>> Thanks, >>>> -Garrett >>>> >>>> >>>> i tried hello world, here's the output. >>>> >>>> $ gcc -Wall hello.c -o hello >>>> /usr/bin/ld:built in linker script:2: syntax error >>>> -- >>>> ce la vie >>> >>> Yup. Your binutils is hosed :(. >>> -Garrett >> thanks for your help. >> i tried to give buildworld a try a moment ago before anything, but >> also got the above ld error. > > I'd just reinstall the developer package from sysinstall to be honest. > That should do the trick. Then we wash, rinse, and repeat all the > steps to get a working ports install of stuff. > > The question is how did binutils get fubared? > > -Garrett > beats me, if you were actually asking. i usually have some trouble building world on amd64, but always somewhere in gnu tree. this week it didn't fail and seemed to build and install ok, but apparently... thanks again, i reinstalled base off install discs.