On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:17:09AM -0400, Christopher C Chimelis wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > OK, I feel stupid now. I tested snapshots periodically and gave up on > > one check error I could not fix, and I see where it is now (but it's > > still there). Probably due to the libtool hack. Every 'make check' > > uses the -installed- versions of the shared libraries - or just fails > > if nothing with the right soname is installed. > > > > spawn /mnt/faur3/home/dan/binutils-2.9.5.0.10/builddir-single/binutils/ar rc > > tmpdir/artest.a tmpdir/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1 > > tmpdir/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz2 > > lt-ar: error in loading shared libraries: libbfd-2.9.5.0.10.so: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > lt-ar: error in loading shared libraries: libbfd-2.9.5.0.10.so: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > FAIL: ar long file names > > I've seen this happen only if you build the binaries outside of the source > tree for some reason (since rules builds it in builddir-single, it fails). > If you'd like, I'll make a target in rules that'll run a full testsuite > that's really just for testing purposes. I should do this anyway, but > it's not as easy to clean up after (easily solved still). > > Basically, if you just want to run the testsuite, rebuild it by hand for > now. By the next revision, I'll have a 'check' target in debian/rules.
Nope, that's not the cause. It really needs the shared libraries installed. Same error if I build in or out of tree. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/

