Changeset 2294

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08/03/06 21:09:45 (2 years ago)
Author:
ken
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Fix the gettext -fPIC testsuite problem, now that the original fix no longer works.

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  • trunk/BOOK/final-system/x86_64-64/gettext.xml

    r779 r2294  
    2222    <title>Installation of Gettext</title> 
    2323 
    24     <para os="x1">Gettext includes its own version of Libtool which is broken 
    25     for x86_64 (it tries to link statically linked archives compiled without 
    26     -fPIC against shared objects) see (<ulink 
    27     url="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2005-03/msg00070.html"/>). 
    28     Use the following <command>sed</command> to skip certain tests so that 
    29     the main language tests can be run.</para> 
     24    <para os="x1">Gettext fails to pass <literal>-fPIC</literal> to the testsuite 
     25    for its internal libtool. On x86_64 it is not possible to link statically 
     26    linked archives compiled without -fPIC against shared objects and the suite 
     27    stops without running the main body of the tests.  Use the following 
     28    <command>sed</command> to add this into the <literal>TESTS_ENVIRONMENT</literal> 
     29    parameters:</para> 
    3030 
    31 <screen os="x2"><userinput>sed -i -e '2iexit 77' autoconf-lib-link/tests/rpath-3*[ef]</userinput></screen> 
    32  
    33     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" 
     31<screen os="x2"><userinput>sed -i \ 
     32    "s/CC='@CC@' CFLAGS='@CFLAGS@'/CC='@CC@' CFLAGS='@CFLAGS@ -fPIC'/" \ 
     33    autoconf-lib-link/tests/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> 
     34  
     35   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" 
    3436    href="../common/gettext.xml" 
    3537    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/> 

  • trunk/BOOK/introduction/x86_64-64/changelog.xml

    r1265 r2294  
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    3434--> 
     35    <listitem> 
     36      <para>August 3, 2006</para> 
     37      <itemizedlist> 
     38        <listitem> 
     39          <para>[ken] - Fix the testsuite sed for gettext. This fixes 
     40          ticket #80, thanks to Jonathan Davis for the initial report and Go Moko 
     41          for the initial analysis.</para> 
     42        </listitem> 
     43      </itemizedlist> 
     44    </listitem> 
     45 
    3546    <listitem> 
    3647      <para>March 12, 2006</para> 

  • trunk/BOOK/introduction/x86_64/changelog.xml

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     35 
     36    <listitem> 
     37      <para>August 3, 2006</para> 
     38      <itemizedlist> 
     39        <listitem> 
     40          <para>[ken] - Fix the testsuite sed for 64-bit gettext. This fixes 
     41          ticket #80, thanks to Jonathan Davis for the initial report and Go Moko 
     42          for the initial analysis.</para> 
     43        </listitem> 
     44      </itemizedlist> 
     45    </listitem> 
    3546 
    3647    <listitem>