[SOLVED] ./configure file not creating getopt-cdefs.h from it's .in.h file (grep-3.11)

josiauh · 02-22-2024, 04:12 AM

The section I'm following is 8.34 of the LFS book (stable view).
I ran the following command in /sources/grep-3.11 with chroot:

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./configure --prefix=/usr

I run "make" after that and I get this:

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../lib/getopt.h:84:10: fatal error: getopt-cdefs.h: No such file or directory
   84 | #include <getopt-cdefs.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

getopt-cdefs.in.h exists, but not getopt-cdefs.h. Grep output from ls (focus on the first line, and try looking for the actual getopt-cdefs.h file):

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(lfs chroot) root:/sources/grep-3.11# ls lib | grep getopt 
getopt-cdefs.in.h
getopt-core.h
getopt-ext.h
getopt-pfx-core.h
getopt-pfx-ext.h
getopt.c
getopt.h
getopt.in.h
getopt1.c
getopt_int.h
libgreputils_a-getopt.o
libgreputils_a-getopt1.o

josiauh · 02-23-2024, 12:28 AM

I found it out! I had to force the lib/Makefile to make the file by modifying lines 6120-6126.

Gurkensalat · 05-29-2024, 02:23 AM

Hello,

I Have the Same error in 8.34. how did you modify the lines?

6120: #getopt.h: $(top_builddir)/config.status
6121: # rm -f $@
6122: #
6123: #getopt-cdefs.h: getopt-cdefs.in.h $(top_builddir)/config.status
6124: # $(AM_V_GEN)$(SED_HEADER_STDOUT) \
6125: # -e 's|@''HAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H''@|$(HAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H)|g' \
6126: # $(srcdir)/getopt-cdefs.in.h > $@-t
6127: # $(AM_V_at)mv $@-t $@

do i just have to uncommend these lines?
cause this dosnt work for me.

bryan_S · 05-29-2024, 04:50 PM

You shouldn't have to make any kind of non-documented (in the book or errata) modifications to the source to get it to build. Especially if you're using the stable version of the book. I think it's likely you haven't followed the book exactly or you've made a mistake earlier that will come back later to bite you.