Re: GUB prerequistes

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno mer 12 dic 2018 alle 14:31, David Kastrup <address@hidden> ha 
scritto:
> Federico Bruni <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >  Il giorno mer 12 dic 2018 alle 9:32, David Kastrup <address@hidden> ha
> >  scritto:
> > >  Is that also what is currently blocking Phil from creating the next
> > >  release?
> >
> >  No, he's using Ubuntu and he was blocked by a different problem.
>
> So basically some Ubuntu update/install broke his ability to run GUB 
> and
> either that needs to get fixed, or LilyDev needs to become GUB-capable
> (which it probably was at some point of time) and then he'd use that 
> (at
> the reduced performance the VM will provide) to get back to releasing
> matters.
>
> So nobody was actively working on the Ubuntu problem he experienced,
> correct?  Sorry, I'm really not on top of things.

I had a private email exchange with Phil to get all the possible 
details of the environment where he was able to build GUB. It was a 
Ubuntu 14.04 machine running in VirtualBox:


## START ##

address@hidden:~$ uname -a
Linux gub-VirtualBox 3.13.0-91-generic #138-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 24 
15:58:13 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
address@hidden:~$ makeinfo --version
The program 'makeinfo' is currently not installed. You can install it 
by typing:
sudo apt-get install texinfo
address@hidden:~$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) 4.8.4
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is 
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.

address@hidden:~$ python -V
Python 2.7.6

address@hidden:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty
address@hidden:~$ dpkg --print-architecture
i386

## END ##

I don't know if it was a general Ubuntu or an old LilyDev (before I 
started working on LilyDev.. as I've always built LilyDev images based 
on Debian or Fedora).

I've never been able to build GUB on LilyDev.

I've made a lot of attempts last month. I even tried setting up Ubuntu 
14.04 i386 as above, running under VirtualBox, but GUB failed to build.
I've given up. I think any effort would be best invested into a new 
build tool.