[syslinux] trouble building at efi/check-gnu-efi.sh

[Robert Yang]

On 12/22/2014 04:32 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:18:56AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:21:32PM -0800, Patrick Masotta wrote:
>>> sudo apt-get install build-essential
>>> sudo apt-get build-dep gcc-multilib
>>> sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib nasm uuid-dev
>>>
>>> $ make spotless
>>> $ make
>>>
>>> but it consistently fails at
>>>
>>> make[3]: Entering directory `/syslinux-6.03/efi32/efi'
>>> Building gnu-efi for ia32
>>> /syslinux-6.03/efi/check-gnu-efi.sh ia32 /syslinux-6.03/efi32
>>> Failed to build gnu-efi. Execute the following command for full details:
>>>
>>> build-gnu-efi.sh ia32 /syslinux-6.03/efi32
>>>
>>> make[3]: *** [/syslinux-6.03/efi32/lib/libefi.a] Error 1
>>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/syslinux-6.03/efi32/efi'
>>> make[2]: *** [efi] Error 2
>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/syslinux-6.03/efi32'
>>> make[1]: *** [efi32] Error 2
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/syslinux-6.03'
>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>
>>> Do I have to install anything else? does this problem sound familiar?
>>
>> FWIW  git source plus patch from  Philippe Coval from 2014-12-17
>> did just build fine twice an "apt-get system".
>>
>
> The reason for that succesfull build seems to be building from
> a git clone. At least has the git submodule repository
>    git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code
> to be present.
>
> That in other words:
>     When not build from git I can reproduce the reported build error.
>
>
>
> Place where it breaks is in efi/build-gnu-efi.sh at:
>
> (
>          cd ../..
>          git submodule update --init
> )
>
> There are no checks on being in a "git checkout".
>
> This patch makes the problem more visible:

Yes, it would help, I had submitted a patch, but is pending:

http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/mwjwm5suBUdvxg2B4PSz

// Robert

> --- syslinux-git/efi/check-gnu-efi.sh   2014-12-21 23:59:17.516158849 +0100
> +++ syslinux-plain/efi/check-gnu-efi.sh 2014-12-22 09:14:53.537346017 +0100
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
>       # Syslinux disables built-in implicit rules.
>       export MAKEFLAGS=
>
> -    ../../efi/build-gnu-efi.sh $ARCH "$objdir" > /dev/null 2>&1
> +    ../../efi/build-gnu-efi.sh $ARCH "$objdir" > /dev/null
>       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>          printf "Failed to build gnu-efi. "
>          printf "Execute the following command for full details: \n\n"
>
>
>
>
>
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
> --
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>
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