On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 08:03 +0200, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 16:09 -0500, Marshall McMullen wrote:
> > Here the info you asked for:
> > 
> > > Which permission does that directory have ?
> > 
> > $ ls -l /usr | grep lib
> > dr-xr-xr-x  38 bin     bin       9728 Nov  3 17:49 lib
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    printq      12 Aug 16  2003 lpd -> /usr/lib/lpd
> > 
> > $ ls -l /usr/lib/libiconv.a
> > -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 374809 Nov  3 17:44 /usr/lib/libiconv.a
> > 
> > $ ar -x /usr/lib/libiconv.a shr4.o
> > ar: Permission denied
> > ar: 0707-113 The fopen system call failed on file shr4.o.
> 
> Hmm, when ar cannot open shr4.o, how can it be there afterwards ?

Thinking of it, maybe you did that twice, and shr4.o already existed, so
this one ar-error is between screen and keyboard ?

Maybe attached patch for eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass can help you...

/haubi/

> What are the permissions of your current directory ?
> Maybe try this and have (or give me) a look at 'ar.truss.out':
> $ truss -o ar.truss.out -f ar -x /usr/lib/libiconv.a shr4.o
> 
> > 
> > > Which permission does shr4.o have ?
> > 
> > $ ls -la shr4.o
> > -r--r--r-- 1 mdmcmull staff 111273 Apr 18 16:03 shr4.o
> > 
> > > What is your umask set to ?
> > 
> > $ umask
> > 022
> > 
> > > $ strip -e shr4.o
> > 
> > $ strip -e shr4.o
> > strip: shr4.o -- 0654-400 Cannot open file.
> >         Permission denied
> > 
> > So, doing a "chmod 777 shr4.o", I can then do:
> > 
> > $ strip -e shr4.o
> > $ echo $?
> > 0
> > 
> > ... Does this help ?
> >