On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Armin K. <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/09/2014 03:36 AM, Kenneth Harrison wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Armin K. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I can't remember who it was that reported the issue with building LFS on > >> Slackware that resulted in adding additional checks for > >> lib{gmp,mpfr,mpc}.la files in host system requirements script. > >> > >> Can you please verify if that's still the issue with latest lfs (rc/dev) > >> and latest Slackware updates? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> -- > >> Note: My last name is not Krejzi. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev > >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page > >> > > > > I'm not the one who reported it Armin, but those files are not > problematic > > on Slackware. I've used Slackware 14.1 as a host for my work with porting > > Runit into a custom LFS build and Slackware works completely fine with > > building LFS and is actually one of the top recommended distributions to > > build LFS at LinuxQuestions.org. > > > > We have noticed however if a distribution lacks one of those libraries > that > > LFS becomes nearly impossible to build, such as Ubuntu which no longer > > includes libmpc.la and requires a complete rebuild of the package before > > attempting to install, as seen in this topic: > > > > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-from-scratch-13/i-can%27t-perfome-make-install-commond-while-build-binutils-build-lfs-plzzz-help-me-4175517040/ > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > From memory, the issue wasn't standard Slackware installation, but some > trimmed-down version (I have no idea how) that somehow managed to get > libmpfr.la installed but not libgmp.la, and that caused an issue when > building gcc pass1. > > As for the .la files, there should either be all of them or none of > them. libtool will by default fall back to using standard -llibrary > instead of full path to the .la file. > > -- > Note: My last name is not Krejzi. > > > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Unless it's one of these distributions listed here: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?basedon=Slackware then it was probably a person who did a custom or minimal install and installed the developmental tools after the fact without properly resolving dependencies, rather than using the recommended full installation. Thanks.
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