Bug 131133 – crossdev using incorrect parameter for binutils-config

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Brett Johnson 2006-04-24 12:30:31 UTC]

crossdev tries to check the version of binutils using the -v option, and it should be -V.

--- /usr/sbin/crossdev  2006-04-24 14:21:52.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/crossdev       2006-04-24 14:25:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 
 #####################
 ### sanity checks ###
-if ! binutils-config -v &> /dev/null ; then
+if ! binutils-config -V &> /dev/null ; then
        eerror "Sorry, but your host system needs to have binutils-config"
        eerror "in order to keep from screwing things up."
        eerror "That means you must be running unstable versions of"

[Comment 1 Brett Johnson 2006-04-24 12:31:20 UTC]

Created attachment 85373 [details, diff]
patch to correct crossdev version checking of binutils-config

[Comment 2 Brett Johnson 2006-04-24 12:39:03 UTC]

Here is the forum thread http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-456697-highlight-crossdev.html

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2006-04-24 15:01:39 UTC]

better to use --version as all binutils-config support that