Bug 323377 – sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1: bundled gnulib doesn't cross compiles with uclibc targets

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2010-06-09 22:42:02 UTC]

I'm trying get uclibc based platform, there is 2 options: with or without nls - I'm trying with nls. One of the goals - compile glib:2 (which "opens doors" to big software base).

so, gettext doesn't cross compiles for mips-uclibc (I think for any uclibc platform)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. crossdev mipsel-gentoo-linux-uclibc
2. edit make.conf USE="nls unicode" (note: nls hardmasked on uclibc now)
3. emerge-mipsel-gentoo-linux-uclibc gettext

Actual Results:  
compilation fails

Expected Results:  
compilation should be successfull

Portage 2.2_rc67 (embedded, gcc-4.4.3, uclibc-0.9.30.1-r1, 2.6.34-gentoo i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.34-gentoo-i686-Genuine_Intel-R-_CPU_T2130_@_1.86GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:30:20 +0000
distcc 3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
app-shells/bash:     4.1_p7
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.10
dev-lang/python:     2.6.5-r2, 3.1.2-r3
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.1.0
dev-util/cmake:      2.8.1
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1
sys-apps/openrc:     0.6.1-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    2.2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.65
sys-devel/automake:  1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:       4.4.3, 4.5.0
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.8
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.33
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="mips ~mips"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 "
CHOST="mipsel-gentoo-linux-uclibc"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 "
DISTDIR="/media/sheeva/linux/gentoo/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests buildpkg distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS=""
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/media/sheeva/linux/gentoo/mips-uclibc-packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/usr/mipsel-gentoo-linux-uclibc/"
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="/home/data/gentoo/mips-uclibc-tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/kde /var/lib/layman/loongson /var/lib/layman/embedded-cross /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="make-symlinks minimal mips ncurses nls pam readline unicode zlib" ELIBC="uclibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev" 
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

[Comment 1 Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2010-06-09 22:44:43 UTC]

Created attachment 234789 [details]
gettext uclibc nls patch

This patch should be applied *during* compile time - just after error.
Its crazy hack, but it works. 
I don't know where all this files (which gettext generates) comes from - I don't know root of the problem.

[Comment 2 Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2010-06-09 22:47:33 UTC]

Created attachment 234791 [details]
gettext ebuild patch

This is how crazy hack can be applied.
This patches possible never go to portage. But let they save time for somebody who want just compile it right now.

If somebody know how to fix such issues correct way - plz let me know.

[Comment 3 Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2010-06-09 22:49:37 UTC]

Created attachment 234793 [details]
gettext mipsel-ucibc cross build.log

This how it failed for me, before this patches.

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2010-06-10 01:33:29 UTC]

not really bugs in gettext

[Comment 5 NickNill 2010-07-15 22:58:50 UTC]

This issue is present for me too. 
I try to crosscompile it for arm cpu, but it has  
./spawn.h:403: error: field '_sp' has incomplete type 
error

[Comment 6 Sergey Gusarov 2010-11-18 16:51:31 UTC]

>I try to crosscompile it for arm cpu, but it has  
./spawn.h:403: error: field '_sp' has incomplete type 
error

Also for me!
I am compile it without nls. Patch is trivial:

--- spawn.h.orig	2010-11-18 19:49:42.424350565 +0300
+++ spawn.h	2010-11-18 19:49:10.392349526 +0300
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 # include <signal.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __UCLIBC__
+# include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #ifndef __THROW

[Comment 7 SpanKY 2011-09-07 02:28:13 UTC]

the sched/spawn issue is fixed in gettext-0.18.1.1-r2

gettext failing with uclibc is generally tracked in Bug 214835