[poky] elfutils build fails on Fedroa 14

[Joshua Lock]

On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 16:44 +0000, Joshua Lock wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 08:26 -0800, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> > > 
> > > On (05/12/10 13:57), Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > > > Trying to build on a Fedora 14 box, elfutis fails with this error:
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > > | make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/elfutils-native-0.148-r1/elfutils-
> > > 0.148/src'
> > > > ...
> > > > | ccache gcc -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wshadow -Werror -Wunused -Wextra -
> > > fgnu89-inline -Wformat=2   -isystem/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include -O2 -Wl,-rpath-
> > > link,../libelf:../libdw -L/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-
> > > link,/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-
> > > linux/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -Wl,-O1 -o objdump objdump.o
> > > ../libasm/libasm.so ../libebl/libebl.a ../libelf/libelf.so
> > > ../lib/libeu.a  -ldl
> > > > | ./ld: unrecognized option '--no-add-needed'
> > > > | Try `ld --help' or `ld --usage' for more information.
> > > > | collect2: ld returned 64 exit status
> > > > | make[2]: *** [addr2line] Error 1
> > > > | make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > > | ./ld: unrecognized option '--no-add-needed'
> > > > | Try `ld --help' or `ld --usage' for more information.
> > > > | collect2: ld returned 64 exit status
> > > > | make[2]: *** [elfcmp] Error 1
> > > > | ./ld: unrecognized option '--no-add-needed'
> > > > | Try `ld --help' or `ld --usage' for more information.
> > > > | collect2: ld returned 64 exit status
> > > >
> > > > In Fedora 14, the following command gets generated:
> > > >
> > > > /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.5.1/collect2 --build-id --no-
> > > add-needed --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=gnu -dynamic-
> > > linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -o objdump /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-
> > > redhat-linux/4.5.1/../../../../lib64/crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-
> > > linux/4.5.1/../../../../lib64/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-
> > > linux/4.5.1/crtbegin.o -L/opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-
> > > linux/4.5.1 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.5.1/../../../../lib64
> > > -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-
> > > linux/4.5.1/../../.. --add-needed -rpath-link ../libelf:../libdw -
> > > rpath-link /opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-
> > > linux/usr/lib -rpath /opt/poky/build-laverne-4.0-
> > > kilauea/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib -O1 objdump.o
> > > ../libasm/libasm.so ../libebl/libebl.a ../libelf/libelf.so
> > > ../lib/libeu.a -ldl -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc
> > > --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-
> > >  as
> > > >  -needed /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.5.1/crtend.o
> > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.5.1/../../../../lib64/crtn.o
> > > > ./ld: unrecognized option '--no-add-needed'
> > > > Try `ld --help' or `ld --usage' for more information.
> > > > collect2: ld returned 64 exit status
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately the "ld" command in elfutils-0.148 does not understand
> > > > the '--no-add-needed'; I've tried to find any existing fixes for
> > > > this, but what I found just added a "-Xlinker --add-needed" to the
> > > > command line, which does not help here since ./ld understands neither
> > > > '--no-add-needed' nor '--add-needed'.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > I think we really dont need the tools part only libelf is needed so one
> > > way
> > > is to not build everything but just do targetted make targets and avoid
> > > building tools as its happening
> > > 
> > > secondly you could try to add --program-prefix="elfutils-" or somesuch
> > > then the linker from elfutils will be called elfutils-ld but I dont
> > > know if
> > > it will work because renaming happens during the install phase you have
> > > to try it out.
> > > 
> > > -Khem
> > 
> > Has anybody else seeing this failure? I am building on the fedora 14
> > x86_64, with latest master and I do not see this issue.
> > 
> > Wolfgang, Are you using any different layer or machine with this failure ?
> 
> I suspect this is an issue whereby an unsupported MACHINE has been added
> and something has caused the linker to become subtly broken. This may
> well be a BSP documentation issue - I'm expecting that this may all stem
> from some missing COMPATIBLE_MACHINE declaration resulting in an
> unsupported mixture of components being used.

Actually, this theory makes less sense now that I've re-read the initial
email and seen that the failure is in elfutils native - damn...

I've not had any problems building that recipe on Fedora 14 x86_64
here...

Joshua
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Joshua Lock
        Intel Open Source Technology Centre