Quick Compile Problem.

[FrankRizzo]

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/chris/tuxbox-cvs/cdk'
make[1]: `.glibc' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/chris/tuxbox-cvs/cdk'
( rm -rf gcc-3.3.3 || /bin/true ) && bunzip2 -cd Archive/gcc-core-3.3.3.tar.bz2 | TAPE=- tar -x && bunzip2 -cd Archive/gcc-g++-3.3.3.tar.bz2 | TAPE=- tar -x && ( rm -rf build_gcc || /bin/true ) && mkdir build_gcc
/usr/bin/install -c -d /home/chris/dbox2/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/sys-include
cp -p /home/chris/dbox2/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include/limits.h /home/chris/dbox2/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/sys-include/
cp: cannot stat `/home/chris/dbox2/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include/limits.h': No such file or directory
make: *** [.gcc] Error 1

I have deleted all the gcc tarballs, and redownloaded them, but it still fails.

[bf244a]

Hello Frank,
I faced the same problem this morning trying to build the SDK, and I had to copy the limits.h file from an old tree. Then the build continued.

However, later, I faced another build break with the gcc-3.3.3 that I just appended few minutes ago on the forum, and I hope that it is not a major problem, and we can get a fix for it, to be able to continue with the build.

[JOCKYW2001]

Yes, tons of problems

For example modutils and libsdl can not find the proper limits.h
The proper limits.h is located in .../dbox2/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include/linux/limits.h But that's not where Makefile looks for it.

[Npq]

Actually there should be a symbolic link
"$prefix/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include"
which should point to
"$prefix/cdkroot/include"

ATM I do not know where this link is created but I guess that's the problem.

[JOCKYW2001]

Actually there should be a symbolic link
"$prefix/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include"
which should point to
"$prefix/cdkroot/include"

ATM I do not know where this link is created but I guess that's the problem.

Yes, pretty sure that exists. But then the compiler will still include the wrong limits.h from that dir and not find references to e.g. PATH_MAX. The limits.h where PATH_MAX is defined is in $prefix/cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include/linux

[FrankRizzo]

And copied the limit.h to a place where it could be found. It then went on for most of today, only to crash out tonight with a missing signal.h in GCC.

Guess I'll try to find his thread about that, and see if anyone has a resolution.


As an aside, are there ever tags cut for this repository? Can I checkout the last tagged version, and have something that compiles completely? (Kinda hard to tinker with the code when it won't compile!)

[Npq]

Hmm, indeed I had a similar problem when trying to compile the SDL recently after I upgraded to gcc 3.3.3. Made a note to follow this further but didn't get to it now.

I'd like to find out what went wrong there. I believe it's related to the new gcc 3.3.3 and the way it relates to the older glibc-library.

But I'm not too sure.

[Npq]

Ok, with some help from friendly people who had gcc 3.3.3 running I found out that the first limits.h that was included from cdk/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/3.3.3/include had been incomplete, an #include_next was missing at the end so it never looked at the limits.h in cdk/powerpc-tuxbox-linux-gnu/include.

In the meantime after originally only building gcc 3.3.3, I rebuilt the glibc with it and finally also rebuilt gcc as well and seems that did the trick.

I don't know why the limits.h wasn't found the first time but maybe trying the same procedure might cure this for you, too.

[JOCKYW2001]

In the meantime after originally only building gcc 3.3.3, I rebuilt the glibc with it and finally also rebuilt gcc as well and seems that did the trick.

I don't know why the limits.h wasn't found the first time but maybe trying the same procedure might cure this for you, too.

Your solution also applies after upgrading to gcc 3.3.4

Thx once more!

JockyW