[gentoo-embedded] mpfr cross-compiles, but bails out on install

[Christopher Friedt]

Hi everyone,

I'm cross compiling using arm-softfloat-linux-gnu, with the usual 
procedure using a SYSROOT of /usr/arm-softfloat-linux-gnu and the xmerge 
script.

First of all, I should ask - has anyone found a fix for cross-compiling 
mpfr already? If so how? ... would something like 
ECONF_EXTRA="--with-gmp-lib=DIR" work?

The original problem is exactly related to Simon's here:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-639572.html?sid=acbcac0d727bdaafa52ffc784641c0e7

Mpfr would originally not compile because it linked to 
/usr/lib/libgmp.so always, instead of the libgmp.so in the compiler's 
search path.

That was due to -rpath /usr/lib being present, so i created a very 
simple patch to remove the rpath (was that a bad idea?).

In any event, mpfr-2.3.0_p3.ebuild now looks like [1], while 
mpfr-2.3.0_p3-disable-rpath-patch looks like [2].

The patch applies perfectly and the compile is successful, but then 
during the install phase, the installer bails out with message [3].

There is no .libs/libmpfr.lai file at all, but there is of course a 
.libs/libmpfr.la file.

Why would the .la file suddenly be named .lai? Is it just a copy?

It seems like an easy enough patch to just copy from one directory to 
another in Makefile.in, but I thought I'd write the list first and see 
if anyone else has a more elegant solution.

~/Chris


=======================================[1]======================================
src_compile()
{
...
	tc-is-cross-compiler && epatch 
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-${MY_PV}_p${PLEVEL}-disable-rpath.patch 
           || die "disable rpath failed"
}

========================================[2]=====================================
--- Makefile.in_old     2008-01-25 02:59:01.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.in 2008-01-25 02:59:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
           rm -f "$${dir}/so_locations"; \
         done
  libmpfr.la: $(libmpfr_la_OBJECTS) $(libmpfr_la_DEPENDENCIES)
-       $(LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libmpfr_la_LDFLAGS) 
$(libmpfr_la_OBJECTS) $(libmpfr_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
+       $(LINK) $(libmpfr_la_LDFLAGS) $(libmpfr_la_OBJECTS) 
$(libmpfr_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
  tuneup$(EXEEXT): $(tuneup_OBJECTS) $(tuneup_DEPENDENCIES)
         @rm -f tuneup$(EXEEXT)
         $(LINK) $(tuneup_LDFLAGS) $(tuneup_OBJECTS) $(tuneup_LDADD) $(LIBS)


=================================[3]================================
 >>> Source compiled.
 >>> Test phase [not enabled]: dev-libs/mpfr-2.3.0_p3

 >>> Install mpfr-2.3.0_p3 into 
/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/mpfr-2.3.0_p3/image/ category dev-libs
.......
/usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmpfr.lai 
/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/mpfr-2.3.0_p3/image//usr/lib/libmpfr.la
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `.libs/libmpfr.lai': No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1


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