Re: [gentoo-alt] gcc-config build fails during prefix bootstrap

[Fabian Groffen]

On 28-01-2013 13:31:05 -0800, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> I'm trying to bootstrap a prefix on an amd64 Red Hat 6 host.  I
> followed the instructions online
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-solaris.xml
>
> which seem to have worked up to the stage3 part.  During the stage3
> bootstrap, portage tries to install "gcc-config", which fails with the
> following error message
>
> >>> Compiling source in .../var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-config-1.8-r00.1/work/gcc-config-1.8 ...
> make EPREFIX=... CC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> make: *** No rule to make target `wrapper.c.in', needed by `wrapper.c'.  Stop.
> emake failed
>
> Comparing the code for gcc-config in portage to that in gcc-config's
> git repo, it seems that the prefix-specific patch
>
> files/gcc-config-prefix-1.8-r221.patch
>
> is somehow related to the problem.  Is it possible that this patch is
> just no longer necessary?  A recent commit in gcc-config's repo make
> me think that's true

We're not there yet, there's one commit pending, that we need to sort
out, and then the next release of gcc-config should be ready.  There is
a bug in gcc-config as is, but that's not a compile problem.  So I'm not
sure why you hit this.


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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level