sorry for my ignorance, but what do I need to apply this patch to ?

On 4/19/07, Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwallner@...> wrote:
> 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 ?
> > >
>
>
>


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