[yocto] Problem compiling util-linux-native

[Hans Beckérus]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Hans Beckérus <hans.beckerus at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi. I just moved from a x86 Ubuntu host to SuSE x86_64. Now I have issues
> getting my ARM image to build due to compilation errors in util-linux?
> It seems it is the util-linux-native that fails even though I get this in
> the end:
>
> *  ERROR: Task 432
> (virtual:native:/home/poky/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/
> util-linux_2.22.2.bb, do_compile) failed with exit code '1'*
>
>
> Here is the actual error reported from the log:
>
>    | *gcc -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -include config.h -I./include
> -DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/share/locale\"
> -D_PATH_LOCALSTATEDIR=\"/home/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/var\"
> -isystem/home/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include
> -fsigned-char -fno-common -Wall -Werror=sequence-point -Wextra
> -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-parameter-type -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wredundant-decls -Wsign-compare
> -Wtype-limits -Wuninitialized -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-result
> -Wunused-variable
> -isystem/home/poky/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include -O2 -pipe -c
> -o misc-utils/procs.o misc-utils/procs.c
> | In file included from misc-utils/lsblk.c:46:0:
> | /usr/include/libudev.h:28:2: error: #error "#define
> LIBUDEV_I_KNOW_THE_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE is needed to use this
> experimental library version"*
>
>
> I dit not get this error on the Ubuntu host. In fact
> /usr/include/libudev.h does not even exist and I dont think
> util-linux-native is even built.
> Why is it built on the SuSE host? Trying to define
> LIBUDEV_I_KNOW_THE_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE only made be pass the first
> error, then I got into issues with unresolved udev symbols instead. Is a
> no-go to try to use the Yocto environment on this SuSE host? It does warn
> about it :(
>
> *WARNING: Host distribution "SUSE-LINUX-11" has not been validated with
> this version of the build system; you may possibly experience unexpected
> failures. It is recommended that you use a tested distribution.*
>
> I am currently on branch:master
>
> Hans
>
> Ok, I seem to have worked around this particular problem. I have new ones
but I post them separately ;)
In this case it seems the *libudev* installed on my host is too old and
breaks the build.
I solved it in my layer using a util-linux_2.22.2.bbappend file by doing:
*   EXTRA_OECONF_append_class-native = " --without-udev"*
This is ok in my case since I will use mdev rather than udev.

Hans
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