[gentoo-user] Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

[gentoo-user] Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

[Al]

OK, this is a Prefix related bug, but I don't want to bother the small
team, with every question of a gentoo beginner.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291488

Binutils tries to build a 64 bit module on a 32 bit machine: archive64
something.

They write I have to remove the -L/usr/sfw/lib/64 flag from the
"profile".  I have no clue what I have to do here.

Perhaps you want to suggest I should do "emerge --sync" first. I can't
do this in this early step of bootstrapping Prefix. It works with a
customized overlay AFAIK.

Which file do I need to edit? Which additional parameter do I give to emerge?

(emerge --oneshot --nodeps binutils)

Al

[gentoo-user] Re: Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

[walt]

On 08/24/2010 12:23 PM, Al wrote:
> OK, this is a Prefix related bug, but I don't want to bother the small
> team, with every question of a gentoo beginner.
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291488
>
> Binutils tries to build a 64 bit module on a 32 bit machine: archive64
> something...

That bug seems to concern mostly Solaris and mostly on SPARC, if I read
it correctly.  Is that your situation?

Anyway, the word "profile" in gentoo usually refers to a symlink in /etc
pointing to a subdirectory in /usr/portage/profiles/*, like this:

$ls -l /etc/make.profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52 2009-10-23 17:34 /etc/make.profile -> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop

Now, *my* profile (linux/x86) is a long way from Solaris/SPARC, so YMMV.

Have a look at /usr/portage/profiles/profiles.desc and see if any of the
entries seem to fit your situation.

Using 64-bit LDFLAGS (/etc/make.conf) on a 32-bit machine seems like a
fundamental error that should never occur if you are using the right
installation medium (CD?DVD) for your hardware.

I think more info from you will be needed, but ATM I don't know the right
questions to ask you.

Anyone else?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bug 291488, Binutils. Workaround?

[Al]

> That bug seems to concern mostly Solaris and mostly on SPARC, if I read
> it correctly.  Is that your situation?
>

Not at all. It´s an ordinary PC. Why does it search this archive64 thingy?

Looks like a bug. I am searching a workaround.

> Anyway, the word "profile" in gentoo usually refers to a symlink in /etc
> pointing to a subdirectory in /usr/portage/profiles/*, like this:
>

Thank you, I see.

I searched all files recursivly for "sfw" and found the script, where
the flag is set. It is a Prefix special one. I need to dig deeper now.

But as I don't have a Solaris I can't use the Solaris workaround. :-(

Can't deactivate a flag, that is not set.

Al