Re: GUB on recent Ubuntu release

[Carl Sorensen]

On 6/5/12 11:47 AM, "Colin Hall" <address@hidden> wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 12:56:56PM +0100, Colin Hall wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 11:15:33AM +0100, Colin Hall wrote:
>> > 
>> > I'm attempting GUB on 64-bit VM runing Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
>> 
>> Build failed on odcctools with a claim that they require 32-bit
>>libraries.
>> 
>> I'll look into this further when time permits.
>> 
>
>I got past the odcctools problem but now I have failures in configure
>for the darwin-x86 cross compiler build.
>
>The link step for a configure test is failing due to missing
>libmpfr.so.1
>
>I'm aware that libmpfr is a listed requirement for GUB and I have
>apt-get installed it.
>
>However, I see that libmpfr is also built by GUB. Not sure if it is
>host or cross.
>
>My next step is to determine which of the following applies:
>
>a) The config of the darwin cross compiler is failing to find the
>libmpfr built by GUB.
>
>b) The config of the darwin cross compiler is looking for libmpfr in
>/usr/lib on the build host but Ubuntu 12.04 installs a newer version
>than expected.

There is a potential problem with cross compilers on darwin where the
extension is wrong.  There is some possible confusion between .so and
.dylib.

You might try making a symbolic link from libmpfr.dylib to libmpfr.so and
see if that will fix things.

HTH,

Carl