Linux Archive - AIX prefix bootstrap issues

Hello Michael,

Yesterday I swtiched back and forth. And my e-mail (and head) got
screwed up. Sorry for this. I need to keep cool and clam in front of a
computer.

I don't have LIBPATH set.

I can access a AIX5.2 box and a AIX5.3 one. I tried prefix-launcher on
both.

Let me summarize what I did yesterday in detail.

1. In the AIX5.2 box,

z. CONFIG_SHELL=<some path>/bash

a. The gcc-4.2.4 step in prefix-launcher fails (some hpp file cannot be
found. It is suggested to be a tar error, installing tar 1.15 does not
solve the problem inside prefix-launcher) , while moving the gcc tree
outside prefix-launcher and compiling independently works. I don't know
why.

The log of failing gcc-4.2.4@prefix-launcher is missing, cuz I deteled
the buildroot tree, sorry. Is it worth the time to reproduce?

b. With gcc-4.2.4, I set in prefix-laucher "make config
gcc_SUPPLY=EXTERNAL" and went on.

From this point on I use the new gcc-4.2.4 just compiled.

The coreutils-6.9 step fails. I moved the coreutils source tree outside
and tried to build independently, but failed again.

Jee, I have also deleted the log file and the source tree. Very bad
habit, I realize.

c. Ignoring failure of coreutils-6.9, I went on with "make config
coreutils_SUPPLY=EXTERNAL". The prefix-laucher built till end.

d. I used eprefix-bootstrap generated by prefix-laucher. The bootstrap
stops in gcc-4.2.4 stage. The error message indicates "install -m0700"
on AIX is not compatible with that of GNU. I remembered I don't have
coreutils compiled.

e. I emerged the most recent coreutils and findutils in portage with
success.

f. eprefix-bootstrap again, gcc-4.2.4 failed in a later stage. I did not
inspect carefully yet. I am regenerating the log file.

g. I thought I could circumvent the gcc-4.2.4 by emerging other versions
of gcc. First I tried gcc-4.3. It have a large dependency tree. The
build goes to help2man and got stuck, complaining it need perl5.8 to
start with. I couldn't understand this: I have perl5.10 in Prefix and
perl5.8 is masked, why a most recent version of help2man in portage
cannot meet its dependency within portage?

I then made a symlink to perl5.8 on the host
(/opt/freeware/bin/perl5.8). help2man compiles but the shebang test
failed. Now I can't go beyond help2man.

h. Then I tried gcc-4.1 in portage, it fails with "Arg list too
long". As pointed out by Michael, it is not caused by /bin/sh, but a
global parameter controling the argument length limit in AIX. I contact
with the administrator and wait.

Log file:

http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda/GentooAIX52/gcc-4.1.build.log

Therefore, now I cannot go beyond emerging gcc on the AIX5.2 box.

2. In the AIX5.3 box,

z. CONFIG_SHELL=<some path>/bash

a. Similar as above gcc-4.2.4@prefix-launcher fails, with some ".hpp"
file not found. I moved out, "make distclean", built, succeeded.

Failed log file in prefix-launcher:

http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda/GentooAIX53/gcc-4.2.4.build.log

b. "make config gcc_SUPPLY=EXTERNAL" then continue with prefix-launcher
using newly built gcc-4.2.4. Fails at ncurses. I seems that my gcc-4.2.4
is not functioning well? cstdio can be corrupted?

Log file:

http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda/GentooAIX53/ncurses.build.log

Thank you very much for your help. And thank you for your comments and
criticize: It made me rethink of my situation and make things clear
instead of trying things out blindly.

Yours,
Benda
--
XU Benda
Research Center for Neutrino Science
Tohoku University
JAPAN

http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda