Bug 428764 – bootstrap: dev-lang/perl-5.16.0 fails to build on FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-07-31 07:35:10 UTC]

Created attachment 319818 [details]
dev-lang/perl-5.16.0 build.log

dev-lang/perl-5.16.0 fails to build because of the following:

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Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency...
I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() { printf("Ok\n"); return(0); }

I used the command:

        gcc -o try -O -DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS_FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/root/gentoo/usr/include -Wl,-E try.c -lgdbm -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
         ./try

and I got the following output:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdbm
I can't compile the test program.
You have a BIG problem.  Shall I abort Configure [y]  
Ok.  Stopping Configure.
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It might be possible to remove the dependency by removing -lgdbm. However, this assumes that CTARGET and CBUILD are the same, which breaks cross compilation. It would be best to remove this check altogether.

[Comment 1 Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-07-31 07:40:00 UTC]

Installing sys-libs/gdbm does not fix this. I assume that is because LDFLAGS are not being passed.

[Comment 2 Richard Yao (RETIRED) 2012-07-31 08:11:42 UTC]

I observed this issue when trying to get the bootstrap process working on FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1. I initially thought that this was a more general problem. Then I encountered additional issues with headers after bypassing the gdbm issue.

[Comment 3 Fabian Groffen 2012-08-06 18:40:47 UTC]

I cannot reproduce this on vanilla i386 and x86_64 FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1.  Following the Solaris bootstrap instructions here.

[Comment 4 Fabian Groffen 2012-08-11 07:45:54 UTC]

I can perform stage{1,2,3} flawlessly on a vanilla FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1