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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] ncurses failing again--AIX
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:48:32
Message-Id: 20080726144830.GO17546@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] ncurses failing again--AIX by Greg Trigg
1 On 26-07-2008 09:44:14 -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
2 >> can you please check if your usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh
3 >> contains:
4 >>
5 >> # Make sure people don't store libtool files or static libs in /lib
6 >> # on AIX, "dynamic libs" have extention .a, so don't get false
7 >> # positives
8 >> [[ ${CHOST} == *-aix* ]] \
9 >> && f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.la 2>/dev/null) \
10 >> || f=$(ls "${ED}"lib*/*.{a,la} 2>/dev/null)
11 >>
12 >> Unless there is something wrong with that code which I don't see right
13 >> now, I cannot see why it still complains about the .a file for you...
14 >>
15 > Yes, for some reason, that's what's causing it. I keep having to use this:
16
17 Isn't it perhaps the case that bootstrapping is done with an older
18 portage which makes it fail? Your patch doesn't apply to recent
19 portage.
20
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22 --
23 Fabian Groffen
24 Gentoo on a different level

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Re: [gentoo-alt] ncurses failing again--AIX Greg Trigg <trigggl@×××××.com>