[SOLVED] LFS11.3 Error in ch 6 when building coreutils, unable to run make after ./configure

engineer · 05-29-2023, 08:45 PM

Hi folks. After many years, I've come back to LFS for another build.

I am in chapter 6, and I've just executed:

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
            --enable-install-program=hostname \
            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime

I have downloaded coreutils 9.3 from the sources list provided in the book. The error I get at the end of the configure script is:

Code:

checking whether MB_CUR_MAX is correct... configure: error: in '/mnt/lfs/sources/coreutils-9.3':
configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
See 'config.log' for more details

I have tried deleting the extraction folder for coreutils and starting over again, but I get the same error.

Could someone help point me in the right direction on where I've gone wrong? I note that the book refers to coreutils 9.1, but the sources list uses 9.3. Perhaps I should try to find an older version? Is there a way to bypass this test (assuming it won't break something later)?

BW-userx · 05-29-2023, 09:10 PM

See 'config.log' for more details

engineer · 05-29-2023, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

See 'config.log' for more details

Yes, I took a look in there, and the information below was related to the search I made. I am not sure what to do with this information though.

Code:

lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/coreutils-9.3$ cat config.log | grep MB_CUR
configure:31510: checking whether MB_CUR_MAX is correct
gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good='guessing yes'
REPLACE_MB_CUR_MAX='0'

engineer · 05-29-2023, 10:35 PM

I think I've solved my own problem. The new version of the book (11.3-101) has an extra flag for the ./configure options for coreutils, which eliminates this issue with MB_CUR_MAX:

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
            --enable-install-program=hostname \
            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime \
            gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y

Then I encountered another error, where I found another post which suggested I had forgotten to do this line (I hadn't):

Code:

cat gcc/limitx.h gcc/glimits.h gcc/limity.h > \
  `dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name)`/install-tools/include/limits.h

But, I did change that line, because I wanted to make sure it was working properly, so I ran this:

Code:

cat gcc/limitx.h gcc/glimits.h gcc/limity.h > /mnt/lfs/tools/lib/gcc/x86_64-lfs-linux-gnu/13.1.0/include/limits.h

This seemed to populate the missing limits.h file, and allowed me to continue with compiling coreutils.

BW-userx · 05-30-2023, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by engineer

I think I've solved my own problem. The new version of the book (11.3-101) has an extra flag for the ./configure options for coreutils, which eliminates this issue with MB_CUR_MAX: (...)

Good Job!

Isn't that the whole reason for LFS? learning hands on how to fix it yourself? Like building anything from scratch. I don't know. I'm not doing that one, but nonetheless, congrats. soon you'll be able to help spaceX get to Mars.

engineer · 05-30-2023, 09:50 PM

Thank you! Indeed it is what it’s all about. This is more of a hobby for me to teach myself something new.

I’m already working on the Mars part