Re: [Ltib] Cannot build e2fsprogs using ./ltib --force

[Stuart Hughes]

On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 06:53 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> Stuart,
> 
> When I first installed LTIB from the ISO image onto my 7.10 system, my 
> builds worked without problems, whether e2fsprogs was included or not. 
> It was during my first attempt at "./ltib --force" that I had e2fsprogs 
> build problems. I did the --force build because I was curious about what 
> a "from-scratch" build looked like (its pretty long).

Okay, that explains it.  When you install an iso it has (to save time)
pre-built binary rpms.  Unless you force or change some config it will
use these.

> 
> I have also discovered that my system does not have msgfmt; apparently, 
> the gettext-base package, which is installed on my system, does not 
> include it. I installed the gettext package, which does include msgfmt, 
> but the build still fails to complete, in the same manner. I'm unsure 
> now that msgfmt is really related to my problem as I first thought.
> 

I'm not sure either other than the hinted out version dependency thing
on the link I sent.


> A kind poster on the Ubuntu forums has also sent google links indicating 
> that building without nls might fix my problem. I'm new enough to kernel 
> builds that I don't understand what nls is and so I haven't tried to 
> disable this yet. Your instructions for patching the spec file should be 
> helpful here, but I would benefit from more explicit instructions about 
> how this patch is applied; what command(s) will apply the patch correctly?

The easiest thing is just to append: --disable-nls to the end of the
configure line in dist/lfs-5.1/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.spec. 

Then remove the failed build (just to be sure) in rpm/BUILD/e2fs*
Re-run: ./ltib


> 
> I will try your suggestion a bit later today and reply with my results.
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.
> 
> Jim

Okay, I've also found an Ubuntu 6.10 I'm trying a build on (it's very
slow as it's a VMware), I'll let you know if/when I get results from
that.

Regards, Stuart


> 
> Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > Hi James,
> > 
> > I got a copy of LTIB from that release date and I've not been able to
> > reproduce the problem.  That's probably because I don't have the same
> > distro to test on, for Ubuntu's I've only got 8.04.
> > 
> > I did a bit of googling and this looks relevant:
> > http://www.linuxarkivet.se/mlists/ext3-users/0404/msg00006.html
> > 
> > When you say it works the first time but after a re-build, did you mean
> > that it worked when you first installed (e.g. using the pre-built rpms
> > from the ISO image)?
> > 
> > Can you try patching the spec file with this:
> > 
> > --- dist/lfs-5.1/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.spec.orig  2008-06-06 
> > 12:02:11.000000000 +0100
> > +++ dist/lfs-5.1/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.spec       2008-06-06 
> > 14:02:09.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
> >  # cp: cannot create regular file `libintl.h': Permission denied
> >  chmod +w intl/libintl.h
> >  CC="gcc" BUILD_CC="$BUILDCC" \
> > -./configure --enable-dynamic-e2fsck --enable-elf-shlibs 
> > --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --mandir=%{_mandir}
> > +./configure --enable-dynamic-e2fsck --enable-elf-shlibs 
> > --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --mandir=%{_mandir}  --disable-nls
> >  make -j1 libs progs docs
> > 
> >  %Install
> > 
> > It turns of nls which I think should fix your problem.
> > 
> > Regards, Stuart
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 13:31 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> >> Stuart,
> >>
> >> Thanks for helping out.
> >>
> >> As you requested, I have run the several commands you provided. The 
> >> first four command completed without complaint, but the final "./ltib" 
> >> failed, with the same symptom as before. Part of the output follows:
> >> ----
> >> ...
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/tests/progs'
> >> making all in po
> >> make[1]: Entering directory 
> >> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/po'
> >> : --update cs.po e2fsprogs.pot
> >> rm -f cs.gmo && : -c --statistics -o cs.gmo cs.po
> >> mv: cannot stat `t-cs.gmo': No such file or directory
> >> mane[1]: *** [cs.gmo] Error 1
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/po'
> >> make: *** [all-progs-recursive] Error 1
> >> error: Bad exit status from 
> >> /home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp/rpm-tmp.95834 (%build)
> >>
> >> RPM build errors:
> >>      Bad exit status from 
> >> /home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp/rpm-tmp.95834 (%build)
> >> Build time for e2fsprogs: 45 seconds
> >>
> >> Failed building e2fsprogs
> >>
> >>
> >> f_buildrpms() returned an error, exiting
> >>
> >> Started: Thu Jun  5 12:07:30 2008
> >> Ended:   Thu Jun  5 13:08:19 2008
> >> Elapsed: 49 seconds
> >>
> >> These packages failed to build:
> >> e2fsprogs
> >> Build Failed
> >>
> >> Exiting on error or interrupt
> >> ----
> >>
> >> Because this command failed, I didn't even run the "./ltib -p e2fsprogs 
> >> -f" you requested.
> >>
> >> Again, thanks for the help. What more can I do to help determine what 
> >> the problem might be?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jim
> >> ---
> >> James E. Chargin Jr.
> >> Sierra Design Associates            (530) 478-6689
> >> 117 New Mohawk Rd, Suite H          address@hidden
> >> Nevada City, CA 95959  USA          http:\\www.sdateam.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Stuart Hughes wrote:
> >>> Hi Jim,
> >>>
> >>> The most likely explanation is that is built after e2fsprogs is detected
> >>> on subsequent rebuilds of e2fsprogs, thus causing a failure.  I may need
> >>> to exclude this using an explicity ac_cv_...=no
> >>>
> >>> Can you try this for me:
> >>>
> >>> $ ./ltib -m clean
> >>> $ rm -rf rpm/BUILD/e2fs*
> >>> $ touch dist/lfs-5.1/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.spec
> >>> $ ./ltib
> >>>
> >>> If this works but a subsequent: ./ltib -p e2fsprogs -f fails then I'll
> >>> have something to hunt down.
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Stuart
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 11:36 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> >>>> I'm building for the 8513erdb, on Ubuntu 7.10.
> >>>>
> >>>> Previous attempts to build via ltib have succeeded.
> >>>>
> >>>> Out of curiosity, I ran ltib with the --force option. Now, 
> >>>> e2fsprogs-1.34 will not build. The only way I can get a successful build 
> >>>> is by excluding e2fsprogs, which is not acceptable for the long term.
> >>>>
> >>>> The following is among the output generated during the build failure
> >>>> ----
> >>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >>>> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/resize'
> >>>> making all in tests/progs
> >>>> make[1]: Entering directory 
> >>>> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/tests/progs'
> >>>> gcc  -o test_icount test_icount.o test_icount_cmds.o 
> >>>> ../../lib/libext2fs.so ../../lib/libss.so ../../lib/libcom_err.so
> >>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >>>> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/tests/progs'
> >>>> making all in po
> >>>> make[1]: Entering directory 
> >>>> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/po'
> >>>> : --update cs.po e2fsprogs.pot
> >>>> rm -f cs.gmo && : -c --statistics -o cs.gmo cs.po
> >>>> mv: cannot stat `t-cs.gmo': No such file or directory
> >>>> make[1]: *** [cs.gmo] Error 1
> >>>> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> >>>> `/home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/BUILD/e2fsprogs-1.34/po'
> >>>> make: *** [all-progs-recursive] Error 1
> >>>> error: Bad exit status from 
> >>>> /home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp/rpm-tmp.80089 (%build)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> RPM build errors:
> >>>>      Bad exit status from 
> >>>> /home/jimc/.../ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp/rpm-tmp.80089 (%build)
> >>>> Build time for e2fsprogs: 38 seconds
> >>>>
> >>>> Failed building e2fsprogs
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> f_buildrpms() returned an error, exiting
> >>>>
> >>>> Started: Wed Jun  4 11:16:05 2008
> >>>> Ended:   Wed Jun  4 11:17:01 2008
> >>>> Elapsed: 56 seconds
> >>>>
> >>>> These packages failed to build:
> >>>> e2fsprogs
> >>>> Build Failed
> >>>>
> >>>> Exiting on error or interrupt
> >>>> ----
> >>>>
> >>>> I think the failing line seems to want to call msgfmt, which should be a 
> >>>> part of the gettext package. I've got gettext installed and when I 
> >>>> previously ran ltib without --force, it built successfully.
> >>>>
> >>>> What am I missing here, or what should I try to get this working as 
> >>>> expected?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jim
> >>>
> > 
> >