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From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [musl] Absolute symlink breaks cross compilation
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:27:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMKF1spAgyRvCesUgLT+cZ=xqRmJYfyLGgpiV8jhnOuXL8PVCA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200118051447.GV30412@brightrain.aerifal.cx>

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 9:15 PM Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 02:24:49AM +0300, Андрей Аладьев wrote:
> > Hello. Gentoo users find that it is not possible to cross compile musl. See
> > here https://bugs.gentoo.org/645626 more details.
> >
> > I am sending to you proposed patch that is related to upstream. Please keep
> > all installed symlinks relative. Thank you.
>
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index bd8f5c38..81bf33d5 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/%: $(srcdir)/include/%
> >       $(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $< $@
> >
> >  $(DESTDIR)$(LDSO_PATHNAME): $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libc.so
> > -     $(INSTALL) -D -l $(libdir)/libc.so $@ || true
> > +     $(INSTALL) -D -l $$(realpath --no-symlinks --relative-to=$$(dirname $@) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libc.so) $@ || true
> >
> >  install-libs: $(ALL_LIBS:lib/%=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%) $(if $(SHARED_LIBS),$(DESTDIR)$(LDSO_PATHNAME),)
> >
>
> I don't understand what you mean by it "breaks cross compilation". The
> ldso link produced is not used for compiling anything; it's only used
> for executing programs, which you don't do when cross compiling musl
> or cross compiling applications against it. The link is setup to be
> installed on the $host, not to be used on the $build where it's not
> needed.
>
> Could you could explain what specifically you're trying to do that's
> not working as desired?
>

If you look at commit msg
for https://github.com/kraj/musl/commit/102f35b194a3405b30001ff08cfd54752179376f

then you will see the usecase we have in for Yocto/OE
> Rich

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-18 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-17 23:24 Андрей Аладьев
2020-01-18  4:29 ` Khem Raj
2020-01-18  5:14 ` Rich Felker
2020-01-18 19:27   ` Khem Raj [this message]
2020-01-18 21:54     ` Rich Felker

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