Hi Thomas
I'd already made the "--with-build-cc=/usr/bin/gcc " change, if you look at the spec file which I dumped in tarred logfile build_030924_1445.tar.gz (attached in my previous e-mail). I don't think it's having an effect however because it's using the PATH
variable to determine which gcc to build with, so it's either going to use /usr/bin (host compiler path) or /opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin (cross-compiler path) to build with, depending on what appears first in the
PATH variable.
The problem now is that it's building the entire ncurses package using the host compiler gcc. Am I correct in saying that it only needs gcc in /usr/bin/ to build "make_keys" and "make_hash" and then revert to using the cross-compiler to build the
rest of the ncurses package? I suspect that's why I'm now seeing the following error in the Install phase for the ncurses package, as per the logfile attachment build_040924_1200.tar.gz.
/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi-objdump: /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses/opt/freescale/rootfs/arm/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.4: File format not recognized
It’s a complete nightmare having to switch between compilers.
Regards.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>
Sent: 04 September 2024 01:21
To: Peter Groves <pgroves@miurasystems.com>
Cc: dickey@his.com; bug-ncurses@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file generated by MKlib_gen.sh
On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:08:53PM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> Hi Thomas
>
>
> I've had some measure of success in understanding the issues and in deriving and testing workarounds to at least overcome the issues, though they may not necessarily be the final solution.
> Thanks again for your observations and suggestions, as they helped tremendously in pointing me in the right direction.
> I attached the tarred logfile build_030924_1445.tar.gz, to which I've added my own notes for clarification. The build log illustrates completion of the ncurses package build phase, with failures occurring in the install phase, which I'll now focus my
attention on.
>
> The overriding problem is that cross-compiler gcc path is being used to build 'make_keys' in Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses/Makefile, rather than the host gcc compiler in /usr/bin. By applying the cross-compiler gcc path, the 'make_keys' executable
cannot run on the host system. A further distinction is that the build of 'make_keys.c' is invoked by directly calling 'gcc', rather than invoking a 'make' in the instance when the header files are generated.
>
> # echo "********BUILD_CC= PATH=*******"
> # ********BUILD_CC= PATH=*******
> # echo gcc
> # gcc
> # echo /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/spoof:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin:/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin
> # /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/spoof:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin:/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin
> # gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 ./tinfo/make_keys.c
> # AWK=mawk sh ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list
> # ./make_keys keys.list > init_keytry.h
> # /bin/sh: ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> # make[1]: *** [Makefile:196: init_keytry.h] Error 126
>
> The effective changes are restricted to Eagle-Ltib/dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec, albeit with some additional debug. Temporary debug in the form of "echo" statements were also added to "ncurses/Makefile" and "include/Makefile". Echoing the PATH variable
at various stages of ncurses build indicated that the cross-compiler gcc path set by Ltib i.e. "/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin", is being applied. The PATH variable remains constant before and after the ./configure,
make clean and make stages (unless altered by the spec).
>
> The effective changes included:
> - Prepending the PATH variable with path to host gcc i.e. "export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH", to ensure that the path to host gcc is "seen" before cross-compiler gcc path. The "with-build-cc=/usr/bin/gcc" setting is being overriden at this point when building
'make_keys' and is ineffective.
that won't work (as you've seen). Earlier, you showed the ".spec"
file:
which contains this chunk:
./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --build=%{_build} \
--with-install-prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --mandir=%{_mandir} \
--with-shared --without-debug --without-cxx-binding \
--with-build-cc=gcc
I'd change that last line to
--with-build-cc=/usr/bin/gcc
> - Adding a 'make clean' before 'make -j1 HOSTCC="$BUILDCC"' - this is to ensure that the header files in Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include/Makefile are always built and that no steps are missed, as has been observed in the previous build logs.
>
> The first change above resolves the 'make_keys' issue. Regardless as to whether a build of 'make_keys.c' was attempted using '/usr/bin/gcc' or just 'gcc' (a change to the Makefile.in itself), the cross-compiler gcc path was ultimetaly being used, until
the PATH variable is prepended, a shown below.
>
> echo "********BUILD_CC= PATH=*******"
> ********BUILD_CC= PATH=*******
> echo /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/gcc
> echo /usr/bin:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/spoof:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin:/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin
> /usr/bin:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/spoof:/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/bin:/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin:/opt/miura/gcc-6.3.0-glibc-2.31-miura-2020.04/arm-miura-linux-gnueabi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin
> /usr/bin/gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 ./tinfo/make_keys.c
> AWK=mawk sh ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list
> ./make_keys keys.list > init_keytry.h
> sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h >lib_gen.c
> mawk -f ./base/MKkeyname.awk keys.list > lib_keyname.c
> sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" implemented <../include/curses.h >link_test.c
> echo | mawk -f ./base/MKunctrl.awk >unctrl.c
>
> Kind Regards.
> Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 02 September 2024 22:00
> Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file
> generated by MKlib_gen.sh
>
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 04:54:59PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 02:58:48PM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> > > Hi Thomas
> > >
> > > I seem to be cycling between the two error conditions i.e.
> > >
> > > * Perform a 'make clean'
> > > * ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> >
> > you would get "Exec format error" if make_keys were compiled with
> > the cross-compiler.
> >
> > (I'll take a look at the build-logs to see if I can spot a problem).
>
> The build-log shows that the cross- and build-compilers are "gcc".
>
> Perhaps the "gcc" that you would like to use for the build compiler is in a different directory, later in $PATH than the cross-compiler.
> To work around that, you will have to give the full pathname of the build-compiler, e.g., /usr/bin/gcc rather than just "gcc".
>
> > > * Build again: ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: error: '_nc_cap_table' undeclared
> > > Etc.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > _____________________________________________
> > > From: Peter Groves
> > > Sent: 02 September 2024 14:39
> > > Subject: RE: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file
> > > generated by MKlib_gen.sh
> > >
> > >
> > > << File: build_020924_1150.tar.gz >>
> > >
> > > Hi Thomas
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > >
> > > Yes, I compared the respective logfiles against the contents in "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/Makefile" and "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include/Makefile", to identify whether my make files included the necessary steps.
> > > Following your suggestion, I ran a make clean and after rebuilding, these are now being executed (as indicated in green below).
> > > Unfortunately, I'm now encountering the same error encountered previously trying to run "make_keys" in "Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses/Makefile":
> > >
> > > 195 init_keytry.h: make_keys$(BUILD_EXEEXT) keys.list
> > > 196 ./make_keys keys.list > $@
> > >
> > > I thought I had resolved this by setting "--with-build-cc=gcc" option in ./Eagle-Ltib/dist/lfs-5.1/ncurses/ncurses.spec, to force the host compiler rather than cross-compiling for the target, so I don't know why I'm seeing this issue again. I'm assuming
the manual "make clean" took out the previous "init_keytry.h".
> > >
> > > Attached please find my latest tarred logfile "build_020924_1150.log".
> > >
> > > + make -j1 'HOSTCC=ccache /usr/bin/gcc -B/usr/bin/'
> > > cd man && make DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > sh ./MKterminfo.sh ./terminfo.head ./../include/Caps ./terminfo.tail >terminfo.5
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > cd include && make DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > cat curses.head >curses.h
> > > AWK=mawk sh ./MKkey_defs.sh ./Caps >>curses.h
> > > sh -c 'if test "chtype" = "cchar_t" ; then cat ./curses.wide >>curses.h ; fi'
> > > cat ./curses.tail >>curses.h
> > > sh ./MKhashsize.sh ./Caps >hashsize.h
> > > AWK=mawk sh ./MKncurses_def.sh ./ncurses_defs >ncurses_def.h
> > > AWK=mawk sh ./MKparametrized.sh ./Caps >parametrized.h
> > > mawk -f MKterm.h.awk ./Caps > term.h
> > > sh ./edit_cfg.sh ../include/ncurses_cfg.h term.h
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TCGETATTR 1
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1
> > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIO_H 1
> > > ** edit: BROKEN_LINKER 0
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > cd ncurses && make DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/ncurses" all
> > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h | \
> > > fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h
> > > mawk -f ./tinfo/MKnames.awk ./../include/Caps
> > > cat namehdr boolnames boolfnames numnames numfnames strnames strfnames nameftr >names.c
> > > cat namehdr boolcodes numcodes strcodes codeftr >codes.c
> > > rm -f namehdr nameftr codeftr boolnames boolfnames boolcodes numnames numfnames numcodes strnames strfnames strcodes
> > > gcc -o make_hash -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -DMAIN_PROGRAM ./tinfo/comp_hash.c
> > > sh ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk ./../include/Caps > comp_captab.c
> > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 20: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 21: ./make_hash: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> > > sh ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG > expanded.c
> > > sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh /usr/share/terminfo ../misc/terminfo.src >fallback.c
> > > gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 ./tinfo/make_keys.c
> > > AWK=mawk sh ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list
> > > ./make_keys keys.list > init_keytry.h
> > > /bin/sh: ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
> > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:196: init_keytry.h] Error 126
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
> > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.57
> > > 23
> > > 7 (%build)
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: 31 August 2024 23:55
> > > To: Peter Groves
> > > Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file
> > > generated by MKlib_gen.sh
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 10:51:45AM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> > > > HI Thomas
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much for your prompt response. Much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > I should just mention that my build is on a VMWare Workstation 16 Player. The host version of awk is GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.2.0).
> > > > I've included three logfiles,
> > > > - the first showing just the ncurses 5.3 package build error i.e.
> > > > with "--disable-client" set in bluez-5.65.spec
> > > > - the second with "--disable-client" removed, such that the logfile will also show the linker error for the bluez package build.
> > > >
> > > > checking for native build C compiler... gcc
> > > > checking for native build C preprocessor... ${BUILD_CC} -E
> > > > checking for native build C flags...
> > > > checking for native build C preprocessor-flags...
> > > > checking for native build linker-flags...
> > > > checking for native build linker-libraries...
> > > > checking if the build-compiler "gcc" works... no
> > > > configure: error: Cross-build requires two compilers.
> > > > Use --with-build-cc to specify the native compiler.
> > > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.
> > > > 95
> > > > 026
> > > > (%build)
> > >
> > > something is missing in your build log - this chunk in my build:
> > >
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > cd ncurses && make
> > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/n
> > > cu rses" all /tmp/ncurses-5.3/ncurses
> > > make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h | \
> > > fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h mawk -f
> > > ./tinfo/MKnames.awk ./../include/Caps cat namehdr boolnames
> > > boolfnames numnames numfnames strnames strfnames nameftr >names.c
> > > cat namehdr boolcodes numcodes strcodes codeftr >codes.c rm -f
> > > namehdr nameftr codeftr boolnames boolfnames boolcodes numnames
> > > numfnames numcodes strnames strfnames strcodes gcc -o make_hash
> > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses
> > > -I. -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include -DMAIN_PROGRAM
> > > ./tinfo/comp_hash.c sh ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk ./../include/Caps
> > > > comp_captab.c sh ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include >
> > > expanded.c sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh /usr/share/terminfo
> > > ../misc/terminfo.src >fallback.c gcc -o make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -I../ncurses -I. -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DNDEBUG
> > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include ./tinfo/make_keys.c AWK=mawk sh
> > > ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list
> > > ./make_keys keys.list > init_keytry.h sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc
> > > -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I.
> > > -I../include" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h >lib_gen.c
> > > mawk -f ./base/MKkeyname.awk keys.list > lib_keyname.c sh
> > > ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.
> > > -DNDEBUG -D_GNU_SOURCE -I. -I../include" "mawk" implemented
> > > <../include/curses.h >link_test.c echo | mawk -f
> > > ./base/MKunctrl.awk
> > > >unctrl.c
> > >
> > > Presumably your build-tree is clean (if not, that's a problem), or the build is using parallel make (but I don't see a "make -j4", etc).
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Package extraction is not shown, as this would have occurred in earlier logs. I hope this will assist with regard to the ncurses build error.
> > > > Yes, the ncurses package is very old and would prefer to use a
> > > > later version of ncurses if I had more confidence in generating an appropriate spec file.
> > > >
> > > > Kind Regards.
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Thomas Dickey
> > > > <dickey@his.com<mailto:dickey@his.com<mailto:dickey@his.com<mail
> > > > to:dickey@his.com>>>
> > > > Sent: 30 August 2024 01:31
> > > > To: Peter Groves
> > > > <pgroves@miurasystems.com<mailto:pgroves@miurasystems.com<mailto
> > > > Cc:
> > > > Subject: Re: How do I resolve ncurses build error in source file
> > > > generated by MKlib_gen.sh
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 12:36:44PM +0000, Peter Groves wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your comment in directing me to your bug reporting portal - please pardon my hesitation in terms of not having used this option. I thought it might have seemed inappropriate as I believe the problem I am facing is probably of my
own making rather than a bug associated with the ncurses software itself.
> > > > > Following your recommendation, I have therefore outlined the
> > > > > issue below, by including additional info which may be useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > Problem description
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been tasked with upgrading to bluez-5.65.tar.gz as part
> > > > > of a linux development build cross-compiled for a target
> > > > > arm-none-linux-gnueabi processor. The build system uses the
> > > > > opensource Freescale GNU/Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB) tool.
> > > > > The build was simplified initially by dropping 'readline' with
> > > > > the --disable-client option in the bluez spec file however this comes at a cost because 'bluetoothctl' is consequently also excluded.
> > > > > Reconfiguring to include 'readline' leads to dependencies on
> > > > > other packages and in particular a number of undefined
> > > > > references in the package bluez build (see attached), despite the readline package building successfully.
> > > > >
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tputs'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgoto'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetflag'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `UP'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetent'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `PC'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetstr'
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rootfs/usr/lib//libreadline.so: undefined reference to `BC'
> > > > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:5401: client/bluetoothctl] Error 1
> > > > > make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > > >
> > > > > Some investigation revealed that libtinfo installed as part of
> > > > > ncurses could resolve this. A LTIB sample ncurses spec file
> > > > > is provided with reference to a very early version (see
> > > > > attached), namely, ncurses-5.3.tar.gz. This was downloaded
> > > > > from the ncurses website
> > > > > rs ions , along with the associated path file
> > > > > patch-5.3-5.4.sh.gz located here
> > > > > I was able to apply the patches successfully using the example
> > > > > provided on the website as a reference. It would doubtless be
> > > > > prudent to consider using a later version of ncurses except
> > > > > for the fact that I'm not very confident of deriving a corresponding spec file.
> > > >
> > > > ncurses 5.3 is more than 20 years old.
> > > >
> > > > Actually in a quick check, I can compile it on this (Debian/oldstable) machine. Some versions of gcc won't do that -- but that would be reflected in other parts of the build.
> > > >
> > > > > For the moment I have disabled PKG_LIBTERMCAP, though may need
> > > > > to revert this setting at some stage.
> > > >
> > > > The spec file (better, a pointer to where it can be inspected) would help to see if that's needed.
> > > >
> > > > > config PKG_NCURSES
> > > > > #select PKG_LIBTERMCAP
> > > > > bool "ncurses"
> > > > > help
> > > > > The curses library routines are a terminal-independent method of
> > > > > updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses
> > > > > (new curses) library is a freely distributable replacement for the
> > > > > discontinued 4.4BSD classic curses library.
> > > > >
> > > > > The build for ncurses initially generated the following error,
> > > > > which I resolved by setting "--with-build-cc=gcc" in the
> > > > > ncurses spec file, to ensure that the 'make_keys' is compiled
> > > > > using the host compiler rather than being cross-compiled for the target. A similar issue was raised here:
> > > > > html
> > > > >
> > > > > gcc -o make_hash -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I.
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -DMAIN_PROGRAM ./tinfo/comp_hash.c
> > > > > sh ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk mawk ./../include/Caps > comp_captab.c
> > > > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 20: ./make_hash: cannot execute
> > > > > binary
> > > > > file: Exec format error
> > > > > ./tinfo/MKcaptab.awk: line 21: ./make_hash: cannot execute
> > > > > binary
> > > > > file: Exec format error sh ./tty/MKexpanded.sh "gcc -E"
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG > expanded.c sh ./tinfo/MKfallback.sh
> > > > > /usr/share/terminfo ../misc/terminfo.src >fallback.c gcc -o
> > > > > make_keys -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > > > ./tinfo/make_keys.c AWK=mawk sh ./tinfo/MKkeys_list.sh
> > > > > ../include/Caps | sort >keys.list ./make_keys keys.list >
> > > > > init_keytry.h
> > > > > /bin/sh: ./make_keys: cannot execute binary file: Exec format
> > > > > error
> > > > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:196: init_keytry.h] Error 126
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > > > make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
> > > > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.
> > > > > 6585
> > > > > 2
> > > > > (%build)
> > > > >
> > > > > The build for ncurses generates the following error (see
> > > > > attached) in the source file ../ncurses/comp_captab.c, which
> > > > > is in fact generated by the ncurses script MKlib_gen.sh.
> > > >
> > > > no - ncurses/tinfo/MKcaptab.sh - which uses awk.
> > > >
> > > > > + make -j1 'HOSTCC=ccache /usr/bin/gcc -B/usr/bin/'
> > > > > cd man && make
> > > > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/t
> > > > > mp
> > > > > /ncu
> > > > > rs
> > > > > es" all
> > > > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > > > sh ./MKterminfo.sh ./terminfo.head ./../include/Caps
> > > > > ./terminfo.tail
> > > > > >terminfo.5
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/man'
> > > > > cd include && make
> > > > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/t
> > > > > mp
> > > > > /ncu
> > > > > rs
> > > > > es" all
> > > > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > > > cat curses.head >curses.h
> > > > > AWK=mawk sh ./MKkey_defs.sh ./Caps >>curses.h sh -c 'if test "chtype"
> > > > > = "cchar_t" ; then cat ./curses.wide >>curses.h ; fi'
> > > > > cat ./curses.tail >>curses.h
> > > > > mawk -f MKterm.h.awk ./Caps > term.h sh ./edit_cfg.sh
> > > > > ../include/ncurses_cfg.h term.h
> > > > > ** edit: HAVE_TCGETATTR 1
> > > > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1
> > > > > ** edit: HAVE_TERMIO_H 1
> > > > > ** edit: BROKEN_LINKER 0
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/include'
> > > > > cd ncurses && make
> > > > > DESTDIR="/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/t
> > > > > mp
> > > > > /ncu
> > > > > rs
> > > > > es" all
> > > > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > > > sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h | \
> > > > > fgrep undef >../include/nomacros.h sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh
> > > > > "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" generated <../include/curses.h
> > > > > >lib_gen.c sh ./base/MKlib_gen.sh "gcc -E -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I.
> > > > > -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG" "mawk" implemented
> > > > > <../include/curses.h >link_test.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tty/hashmap.c
> > > > > cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I.
> > > > > -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_beep.c cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I.
> > > > > -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_color.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_endwin.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_flash.c cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > > > -fPIC -c ../ncurses/lib_gen.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_getstr.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_mouse.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./tty/lib_mvcur.c cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > > > -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_newterm.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_restart.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c: In function 'getwin':
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c:48:5: warning: ignoring return value of 'fread', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> > > > > (void) fread(&tmp, sizeof(WINDOW), 1, filep);
> > > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_screen.c:95:6: warning: ignoring return value of 'fread', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
> > > > > (void) fread(nwin->_line[n].text,
> > > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T),
> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > (size_t) (nwin->_maxx + 1),
> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > filep);
> > > > > ~~~~~~
> > > > > cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I.
> > > > > -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_set_term.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_slk.c cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > > > -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./base/lib_slkrefr.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./tty/lib_vidattr.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./tty/tty_update.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/lib_dft_fgbg.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./tinfo/lib_print.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/resizeterm.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./base/wresize.c cd ../obj_s; gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > > > -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2
> > > > > -fPIC -c ../ncurses/./tinfo/alloc_entry.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c
> > > > > ../ncurses/./tinfo/alloc_ttype.c cd ../obj_s; gcc
> > > > > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../ncurses -I. -I. -I../include
> > > > > -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -O2 -fPIC -c ../ncurses/comp_captab.c
> > > > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c: In function '_nc_get_table':
> > > > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: error: '_nc_cap_table' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > > > return termcap ? _nc_cap_table: _nc_info_table ;
> > > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:19: note: each undeclared
> > > > > identifier is reported only once for each function it appears
> > > > > in
> > > > > ../ncurses/comp_captab.c:74:34: error: '_nc_info_table' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > > > return termcap ? _nc_cap_table: _nc_info_table ;
> > > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >
> > > > The generated source should have those names. Perhaps your
> > > > build machine doesn't have awk (though that seems unlikely).
> > > > Attaching what I built just now for that, and lib_gen.c
> > > >
> > > > If I had the complete build logs, I might see the problem.
> > > > I prefer having a compressed tar file of the logs, as an attachment.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:974: ../obj_s/comp_captab.o] Error 1
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/rpm/BUILD/ncurses-5.3/ncurses'
> > > > > make: *** [Makefile:96: all] Error 2
> > > > > error: Bad exit status from
> > > > > /home/pgroves/workspace/RELEASE5301.orig/Eagle-Ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.
> > > > > 4877
> > > > > 0
> > > > > (%build) ` To summarize, I was expecting ncurses to build
> > > > > successfully, hopefully to resolve my linker error associated
> > > > > with the
> > > > > bluez-5.65 package. I wasn't expecting the build to fail for a file generated by the ncurses script.
> > > > > How may I resolve this issue please? I do anticipate further
> > > > > ncurses package dependencies that may still be required in
> > > > > order to ultimately generate a 'bluetoolctl' executable file.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Thomas E. Dickey
> > > > <dickey@invisible-island.net<mailto:dickey@invisible-island.net<
> > > > d.net>>>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thomas E. Dickey
> > > <dickey@invisible-island.net<mailto:dickey@invisible-island.net<ma
> > > ilto:dickey@invisible-island.net<mailto:dickey@invisible-island.ne
> > > t>>>
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Thomas E. Dickey
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas E. Dickey
>
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