Hi, I'm compiling RPM 5.3.11 on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE and encountered an error that is more fundamental than previous errors. dbconvert.c makes calls to various hto*() functions, which are not defined in FreeBSD's libc.
When compiling dbconvert.c, the compiler throws an error indicating that htobe32 and htole32 are undefined symbols (see below). dbconvert.o(.text+0x894):/home/vmiller/rpm-5.3.11/tools/dbconvert.c:184: undefined reference to `htobe32' dbconvert.o(.text+0x8a9):/home/vmiller/rpm-5.3.11/tools/dbconvert.c:176: undefined reference to `htole32' dbconvert.o(.text+0x8cb):/home/vmiller/rpm-5.3.11/tools/dbconvert.c:176: undefined reference to `htole32' A site (http://www.man-online.org/page/3-htobe32) explained that including sys/endian.h would be necessary. I modified the tools/dbconvert.c to add #include <sys/endian.h>. It resolved the initial errors, but produced another indicating bswap32 was an undefined symbol. However, sys/endian.h does define bswap32. Why is the compiler unable to reference the bswap32 definition in sys/endian.h? Is there a way to force this or is this a sign that installing RPM5 onto FreeBSD will be more of a pain than I had initially anticipated? == Vincent (Rick) Miller Systems Engineer vmil...@verisign.com t: 703-948-4395 21345 Ridgetop Cir Dulles, VA 20166 VerisignInc.com
