Re: [gentoo-alt] ncurses failing again--AIX

[Greg Trigg]

Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 26-07-2008 09:32:30 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
>> Fabian Groffen wrote:
>>> On 25-07-2008 07:04:03 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
>>>> It seems like every time I emerge ncurses, I have to patch the same
>>>> file.  I can always recognize it by this.
>>>>
>>>>  * QA Notice: Excessive files found in the / partition
>>>>  *
>>>> /home/greg/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2/image/home/greg/gentoo/lib/libcurses.a
>>> what portage version are you using?
>>>
>> I had just emerge --sync'ed.  The one I got was
>> 'sys-apps/portage-2.2.00.11187'
>
> can you please check if your usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh
> contains:
>
>     # Make sure people don't store libtool files or static libs in /lib
>     # on AIX, "dynamic libs" have extention .a, so don't get false
>     # positives
>     [[ ${CHOST} == *-aix* ]] \
>         && f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.la 2>/dev/null) \
>         || f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.{a,la} 2>/dev/null)
>
> Unless there is something wrong with that code which I don't see right
> now, I cannot see why it still complains about the .a file for you...
>
Yes, for some reason, that's what's causing it.  I keep having to use this:


Index: bin/misc-functions.sh
===================================================================
--- bin/misc-functions.sh	(revision 10729)
+++ bin/misc-functions.sh	(working copy)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
  	[[ ${abort} == "yes" ]] && die "add those ldscripts"

  	# Make sure people don't store libtool files or static libs in /lib
-	f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.{a,la} 2>/dev/null)
+	f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.la 2>/dev/null)
  	if [[ -n ${f} ]] ; then
  		vecho -ne '\a\n'
  		eqawarn "QA Notice: Excessive files found in the / partition"


Greg