Buildroot: cannot find /lib/libc.so.0

[Peter S. Mazinger]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Stephen Warren wrote:

> Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Stephen Warren wrote:
> >>I think the real problem is that when "install_dev" above gets run, this
> >>file gets created incorrectly:
> >>
> >>/.../swarren/tmp/buildroot-svn/build_i486/staging_dir/lib/libc.so
> >>
> >>with this content:
> >>
> >>=================================
> >>/* GNU ld script
> >> * Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
> >> * the static library, so try that secondarily. */
> >>GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.0 /lib/uclibc_nonshared.a )
> >>=================================
> >>
> >>The value of PREFIX doesn't seem to be getting into libc.so, which is
> >>what's causing the problems.
> > 
> > 
> > no, PREFIX is not allowed to be used here IMHO. RUNTIME/DEVEL_PREFIX has 
> > to be correct (see my comment on the interpretion of these), I can't 
> > create that file based on PREFIX because any packaging software will have 
> > incorrect path in libc.so
> 
> Hmmm. Well, my making that change to uClibc's makefile, the buildroot
> run succeeded, and libc.so looks good.
> 
> I'm not sure about what PREFIX really is - does it mean "install it
> physically here", and DEVEL/RUNTIME_PREFIX mean "install it as though it
> was installed here". If so, I see what you're saying.
> 
> In that case, I guess that buildroot should not be doing this:
> 
>  $(MAKE1) -C $(UCLIBC_DIR) \
>                 PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR)/ \
>                 DEVEL_PREFIX=/ \
>                 RUNTIME_PREFIX=/ \
>                 install_dev
> 
> but instead doing this:
> 
>  $(MAKE1) -C $(UCLIBC_DIR) \
>                 PREFIX=/ \
>                 DEVEL_PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR) \
>                 RUNTIME_PREFIX=$(STAGING_DIR) \
>                 install_dev
> 
> I guess I'll go test that!

that is what I also mean, PREFIX shouldn't be even defined

PREFIX=

Peter

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