Trying to emerge net-analyzer/net-snmp, for an ARM platform, it says it can not complete configure, due to not specified target's endianness: ./configure: line 37994: test: =: unary operator expected configure: error: You are cross-compiling, but you have not specified the target's endianness While doing this without portage (configure, make, make install), the same error arises, unless you specify the endianness to configure, trough the --with-endianness=little/big option. Hopelessly, I can not find any way to pass this option to configure, using emerge. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install crossdev for ARM in a Pentium 4 computer, following the embedded handbook. 2. Make the system configuration as said in chapter 5 of the embedded handbook. 3. Execute "xmerge -v net-analyzer/net-snmp" Actual Results: These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1 to /usr/arm-linux-gnu/ USE="X minimal -diskio -doc -elf -ipv6 -lm_sensors -mfd-rewrites -perl -python -rpm (-selinux) -sendmail -smux -ssl -tcpd" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB >>> Verifying ebuild Manifests... >>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1 to /usr/arm-linux-gnu/ * net-snmp-5.4.1.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking net-snmp-5.4.1.tar.gz ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking net-snmp-5.4.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/work * Applying net-snmp-5.4.1-clientaddr-fix.patch ... [ ok ] * Replacing obsolete head/tail with POSIX compliant ones * - fixed acinclude.m4 * - fixed configure * - fixed configure.in * - fixed local/snmp-ucd.sh * - fixed snmplib/snmpusm.c >>> Source unpacked. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/work/net-snmp-5.4.1 ... * econf: updating net-snmp-5.4.1/config.guess with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.guess * econf: updating net-snmp-5.4.1/config.sub with /usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=arm-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-install-prefix=/var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/image/ --with-sys-location=Unknown --with-sys-contact=root@Unknown --with-default-snmp-version=3 --with-mib-modules=host ucd-snmp/dlmod --with-logfile=/var/log/net-snmpd.log --with-persistent-directory=/var/lib/net-snmp --enable-ucd-snmp-compatibility --enable-shared --enable-as-needed --disable-mfd-rewrites --disable-embedded-perl --disable-ipv6 --enable-internal-md5 --without-openssl --without-libwrap --without-rpm --without-bzip2 --without-zlib --without-elf --without-python-modules --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu checking what to build and install... agent apps man local mibs ... ... ... checking for arm-linux-gnu-gcc... arm-linux-gnu-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... yes checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether arm-linux-gnu-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for arm-linux-gnu-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... arm-linux-gnu-gcc -E checking for egrep... grep -E checking for AIX... no checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for ld used by arm-linux-gnu-gcc... /usr/libexec/gcc/arm-linux-gnu/ld checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/gcc/arm-linux-gnu/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/arm-linux-gnu/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnu-nm -B checking whether ln -s works... yes checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes ... ... ... checking security/cryptoki.h usability... no checking security/cryptoki.h presence... no checking for security/cryptoki.h... no checking for lpstat... /usr/bin/lpstat checking for cgetnext... no checking for authentication support... Internal MD5 Support checking for off_t... yes checking for pid_t... yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking for socklen_t... yes checking for in_addr_t... yes checking for ssize_t... yes checking for correct flags to ps... ./configure: line 37994: test: =: unary operator expected configure: error: You are cross-compiling, but you have not specified the target's endianness !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/work/net-snmp-5.4.1/config.log * * ERROR: net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 2877: Called econf 'src_compile' 'src_compile' '--with-install-prefix=/var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/image/' '--with-sys-location=Unknown' '--with-sys-contact=root@Unknown' '--with-default-snmp-version=3' '--with-mib-modules=host ucd-snmp/dlmod' '--with-logfile=/var/log/net-snmpd.log' '--with-persistent-directory=/var/lib/net-snmp' '--enable-ucd-snmp-compatibility' '--enable-shared' '--enable-as-needed' '--disable-mfd-rewrites' '--disable-embedded-perl' '--disable-ipv6' '--enable-internal-md5' '--without-openssl' '--without-libwrap' '--without-rpm' '--without-bzip2' '--without-zlib' * ebuild.sh, line 513: 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/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/net-analyzer/net-snmp-5.4.1-r1/temp/environment'. * xmerge --info Portage 2.1.4.4 (uclibc/arm, gcc-4.2.4, unavailable, 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz Timestamp of tree: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p33 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r2 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -pipe" CHOST="arm-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer nodoc noinfo noman sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://prometheus.cs.wmich.edu/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/gento/" LANG="es_ES" LC_ALL="es_ES" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 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" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X arm minimal ncurses" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" 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" ELIBC="uclibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="dummy fbdev v4l" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
(In reply to comment #0) > While doing this without portage (configure, make, make install), the same > error arises, unless you specify the endianness to configure, trough the > --with-endianness=little/big option. > Hopelessly, I can not find any way to pass this option to configure, using > emerge. Ok. I have finally found out the way to pass options to configure when invoking emerge. This can be done through the environment variable EXTRA_ECONF. So to emerge net-snmp for ARM, it must be written: EXTRA_ECONF="--with-endianness=little" xmerge -v net-analyzer/net-snmp This works fine. Thanks a lot to Bigthor for cheating me the solution.
Please test with 5.7.2_rc3 and reopen if this is still a problem.
