Bug 458754 – glib-2.34.1 fails on prefix bootstrapping (ld complains about -lffi, ...)

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Linpeng Tang 2013-02-22 15:03:28 UTC]

I try to bootstrap Gentoo-prefix on a Linux x86_64 server(I am using a special release of Linux, PUIAS Linux release 6.3, http://springdale.math.ias.edu/, and I don't know if it is related.)

The bootstrap fails when emerging glib-2.34.1. It seems to complain about 2 things:

1. 
/home/linpengt/gentoo/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lffi

2.
 * Messages for package dev-libs/glib-2.34.1:
 * Unable to find kernel sources at /usr/src/linux
 * Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version for build, attempting to use running version
 * ERROR: dev-libs/glib-2.34.1 failed (compile phase):
 *   emake failed

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run bootstrap-prefix.sh
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
The last part of the build log:
/home/linpengt/gentoo/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lffi
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [libgobject-2.0.la] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1/gobject'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1/gobject'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1/gobject'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 * ERROR: dev-libs/glib-2.34.1 failed (compile phase):
 *   emake failed
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-libs/glib-2.34.1'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-libs/glib-2.34.1'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1'
 * S: '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1'

>>> Failed to emerge dev-libs/glib-2.34.1, Log file:

>>>  '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/temp/build.log'

 * Messages for package dev-libs/glib-2.34.1:

 * Unable to find kernel sources at /usr/src/linux
 * Unable to calculate Linux Kernel version for build, attempting to use running version
 * ERROR: dev-libs/glib-2.34.1 failed (compile phase):
 *   emake failed
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-libs/glib-2.34.1'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-libs/glib-2.34.1'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1'
 * S: '/home/linpengt/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/glib-2.34.1/work/glib-2.34.1'

[Comment 1 Linpeng Tang 2013-02-22 15:04:51 UTC]

Created attachment 339706 [details]
build.log

[Comment 2 Linpeng Tang 2013-02-22 15:05:20 UTC]

Created attachment 339708 [details]
info.log

[Comment 3 Linpeng Tang 2013-02-22 15:05:44 UTC]

Created attachment 339710 [details]
pqv.log

[Comment 4 Linpeng Tang 2013-02-23 15:58:47 UTC]

OK, I solved the problem myself. It turns out that for some reason libffi.so is not generated.

Solution:
1. cd $(PREFIX)/usr/lib
2. ln -s libffi.so.6.0.0 libffi.so