Re: [Ltib] Trouble adding new package in LTIB

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Jim,

Just to clarify things, before you have added anything into
pkg_map/packages.lkc you can do:

$./ltib -p <pkg>.spec

It will search all the expected directories and build the package if it
can find a spec file matching that name.

Once you add your package into pkg_map/packages.lkc you then can select
it as part of the config system.  However, until you actually run:

$ ./ltib -m config

your new package will not be recorded in the config system.  So before
you run: 

$ ./ltib -p <pkg>

You must have run:

$ ./ltib -p <pkg>

Hope this explains why you are seeing this. 

Regards, Stuart


On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 09:07 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> Thanks for the help. Based on the information you gave, I've made progress.
> 
> I was going to use .gz because the first two steps in the FAQ use .gz 
> and don't mention .bz2. I made this choice before noticing in the 
> specfile that .bz2 is supported.
> 
> Today, I used the .bz2 directly from GNU, using your instructions.
> 
> Today, I also noticed that your instructions regarding modifications to 
> packages.lkc and pkg_map are mentioned in a later FAQ. Since I'm really 
> a novice to packaging systems, I did not make the connection between the 
> two FAQs. Perhaps the FAQ regarding "How can I add a completely new 
> package..." should mention the FAQ "How do I introduce my new package to 
> the config system".
> 
> Anyway, once I made additions to packages.lkc and pkg_map as you 
> suggest, the following command worked:
> 
> ./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec
> 
> If I specified parted, rather than parted.spec, the specfile was not 
> found. Even though the command worked, it did emit some error messages, 
> which I ignored. The rpmbuild seemed to work so I'm not sure the 
> messages about network connections are important to me (for now).
> 
> 8--
>  > ./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec
> Processing platform: Freescale MPC8315E RDB PowerPC board
> ===========================================================
> using config/platform/mpc8315erdb/.config
> 
> Processing: parted
> ====================
> Testing network connectivity
> Testing proxy connection for GPP : FAIL
> response was: 500 Can't connect to wwwgate0.freescale.net:1080 (Bad 
> hostname 'wwwgate0.freescale.net')
> Can't get gpp index, proxy forced off
> FAILED PPP: : 500 Can't connect to auslxsc01.mtwk.freescale.net:80 (Bad 
> hostname 'auslxsc01.mtwk.freescale.net')
> OK GPP:
> 
> FAILED GPP: parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2.md5: 404 Not Found
> WARN: skipping md5sum check for 
> /opt/freescale/pkgs/parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2, md5 file was not found
> rpmbuild --dbpath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpmdb 
> --define '_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0' --define '_target_cpu 
> powerpc' --define '__strip strip' --define '_topdir 
> /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm' --define '_prefix 
> /usr' --define '_tmppath 
> /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp' --define '_mandir 
> /usr/share/man' --define '_sysconfdir /etc' --define '_localstatedir 
> /var' -bp 
> /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> rpmbuild --dbpath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpmdb 
> --define _unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0 --define _target_cpu 
> powerpc --define __strip strip --define _topdir 
> /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm --define _prefix /usr 
> --define _tmppath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp 
> --define _mandir /usr/share/man --define _sysconfdir /etc --define 
> _localstatedir /var -bp 
> /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> ...
> --8
> 
> ((
> Vadim:
> I didn't mention in my original report that once
>    ./ltib -m prep -p parted
> failed, based on the error message, I had tried
>    ./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec
> and
>    ./ltib -m prep -p \
>    .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> These commands gave the same error as when I didn't specify .spec so I 
> didn't mention these attempts.
> ))
> 
> 
> 
> My next problem is with the step
> 
> 7. Build the new package with your changes:
> ./ltib -m scbuild -p parted.spec
> 
> After much output, I get the message:
> 
> 8--
> configure: error: termcap could not be found which is required for the 
> --with-readline option (which is enabled by default).  Either disable 
> readline support with --without-readline or download and install termcap 
> from:
>          ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap
> Note: if you are using precompiled packages you will also need the 
> development package as well (which may be called termcap-devel or 
> something similar).
> Note: (n)curses also seems to work as a substitute for termcap.  This 
> was not found either - but you could try installing that as well.
> --8
> 
> I would prefer (I think) to build without termcap, rather than include 
> it on my embedded system, but I don't know where I would specify 
> --without-readline.  I know this would be a command line parameter for 
> configure, but I don't know where that command line is generated.
> 
> Could you (or anyone) provide guidance?
> 
> Thanks
> Jim
> 
> 
> Peter Barada wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 10:19 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> >> I'm using LTIB on Ubuntu 7.10, targeting the MPC8315e.
> >>
> >> Since I've determined that GNU parted is not currently available for 
> >> LTIB, I'm attempting to port parted so it is available on our target.
> >>
> >> I've followed the instructions in the LTIB FAQ as best I can but am 
> >> getting an error that I can't find an explanation for.
> >>
> >> I downloaded parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2 from fsf. I unpacked it so I could 
> >> later tar it to .gz as is expected by the instructions in the FAQ.
> > 
> > Hmm, then the FAQ is wrong since it supports .bz2 (as specified in your 
> > .spec file 'Source' further on).
> > 
> >> So, starting with section "How can I add a completely new package to the 
> >> root filesystem" in the LTIB FAQ:
> >>
> >> 1. First clean your sources...
> >>
> >> Since I had just downloaded and untarred the package, I did not "make 
> >> clean". I executed "tar zcvf parted-1.8.8.tar.gz parted-1.8.8"
> >>
> >> 2. Move this tarball...
> >>
> >> I executed "cp parted-1.8.8.tar.gz /opt/freescale/pkgs/
> >>
> >> 3; Create a specfile...
> >>
> >> I executed:
> >> cd .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129
> >> mkdir dist/lfs-5.1/parted
> >> cp dist/lfs-5.1/template/template.spec dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> >>
> >> 4: Edit and fixup the template...
> >>
> >> My edited specfile is:
> >>
> >> 8--
> >> %define pfx /opt/freescale/rootfs/%{_target_cpu}
> >>
> >> Summary         : GNU parted - partition editor
> >> Name            : parted
> >> Version         : 1.8.8
> >> Release         : 1
> >> License         : GPL
> >> Vendor          : Free Software Foundation
> >> Packager        : xxxx
> >> Group           : xxxx
> >> URL             : http://directory.fsf.org/project/parted/
> >> Source          : %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
> >> BuildRoot       : %{_tmppath}/%{name}
> >> Prefix          : %{pfx}
> >>
> >> %Description
> >> %{summary}
> >>
> >> %Prep
> >> %setup
> >>
> >> %Build
> >> ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --build=%{_build}
> >> make
> >>
> >> %Install
> >> rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >> make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx}
> >>
> >> %Clean
> >> rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >>
> >> %Files
> >> %defattr(-,root,root)
> >> %{pfx}/*
> >> --8
> >>
> >> 5. Unpack the new package source:
> >>
> >> Here is where I encounter the error. When I execute "./ltib -d -m prep 
> >> -p parted" (I am dry-running to see what it will do), I see the message:
> >>
> >> 8--
> >> Cannot find spec file that contains the package name parted.
> >> If necessary please give the whole spec file name (with the
> >> .spec extension).
> >>
> >> Exiting on error or interrupt
> >> --8
> >>
> >> I tried various commands trying to give the full specfile pathname, with 
> >> no success. The last command I tried was "./ltib -d -m prep -p 
> >> .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec" (I 
> >> tried this with sudo also). I got the error message:
> >>
> >> 8--
> >> get_spec: can't find spec file 
> >> .../dist/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> >>
> >> in search any of the directories:
> >>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/SPECS
> >>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/config/platform/mpc8315erdb
> >>      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1
> >>
> >>
> >> Processing platform: Freescale MPC8315E RDB PowerPC board
> >> ===========================================================
> >> using config/platform/mpc8315erdb/.config
> >>
> >> Processing: .../dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted
> >> =======================================================================================
> >> skipping .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted, 
> >> specfile not found
> >>
> >>
> >> f_prep() returned an error, exiting
> >> Exiting on error or interrupt
> >> --8
> >>
> >> It seems I'm doing something basic incorrectly, but I can't see what it 
> >> might be.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Add to config/userspace/packages.lkc a stanza to allow selection of 
> > parted, preferably in alphabetical order:
> > 
> > config PKG_PARTED
> >     bool "parted"
> >     help
> >         partition manipulation tool
> > 
> > Then add to dist/lfs-5.1/common/pkg_map
> > 
> > PKG_PARTED    = parted
> > 
> > This should get "./ltib -p parted" to find the spec file.
> > 
> > Hope this helps...
> > 
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jim
> > -- 
> > Peter Barada <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
> > 
> 
> 
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