Bug 228761 – dev-util/systemtap-0.7_p20080614 does not find elfutils

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Philipp Riegger 2008-06-21 15:31:29 UTC]

I get the following error when trying to emerge systemtap:

checking for dwfl_module_getsym in -ldw... yes
checking for ebl_openbackend in -lebl... no
configure: error: missing elfutils development headers/libraries (ebl 0.123+)

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/systemtap-0.7_p20080614/work/src/config.log
 *
 * ERROR: dev-util/systemtap-0.7_p20080614 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line 2790:  Called econf
 *               ebuild.sh, line  526:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                      die "econf failed"
 *  The die message:
 *   econf failed
 *
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/dev-util:systemtap-0.7_p20080614:20080621-151057.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/systemtap-0.7_p20080614/temp/environment'.
 *

emerge --info:

Portage 2.1.5.6 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.25-gentoo-r5 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.25-gentoo-r5 i686 VIA Esther processor 1300MHz
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:15:03 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p33
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r9, 2.5.2-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc:     0.2.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.25-r4
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mfpmath=sse"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/NX/etc /usr/share/hddtemp/hddtemp.db /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mfpmath=sse"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="buildpkg collision-protect distlocks fixpackags metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict test unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.inode.at/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en de"
MAKEOPTS="-j1 -s"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages/chris"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/profiles/default-linux/x86/*/stoile"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/layman/ltsp /usr/local/layman/science /usr/local/layman/stoile /usr/local/layman/sunrise"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl apache2 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt ctype cups fortran gd gdbm gif gmp gsl hardened idn imagemagick ipv6 isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k ldap logrotate midi mmx mudflap mysql ncurses nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pic pie png pppd python readline reflection session snmp spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd test tetex threads tiff truetype unicode vhosts vorbis x86 xml xorg zlib" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" APACHE2_MPMS="prefork" ELIBC="glibc" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en de" USERLAND="GNU"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS

[Comment 1 Philipp Riegger 2008-06-21 15:32:51 UTC]

Created attachment 157941 [details]
Config.log from emerging systemtap

[Comment 2 Sven Wegener 2008-06-21 18:55:00 UTC]

--as-needed causes this

[Comment 3 Sven Wegener 2008-06-21 19:29:50 UTC]

Fixed, I added a patch to systemtap-0.7_p20080621.

[Comment 4 Philipp Riegger 2008-06-22 11:08:30 UTC]

Thanks a lot.