On Friday, February 15, 2019 5:33 AM, Pierre Labastie <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> On 15/02/2019 09:44, Pierre Labastie wrote:
>
> > On 14/02/2019 23:39, Adam Cooper wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,—I'm working through LFS 8.3. In trying to configure e2fsprogs-1.44.3, 
> > > I am getting the error "configure: error: external uuid library not 
> > > found". I have pasted the configure log here: 
> > > https://pastebin.com/2Xm6UCx8. Does anyone know whether the installation 
> > > can be salvaged? Thanks,—Adam.
> >
> > Normally, these libraries are installed (in /tools/lib), by "5.33
> > util-linux.-2.32.1"
> > Do you have them (for example /tools/lib/libuuid.so.1.3.0)? If not, check
> > util-linux log in chapter 5.
> > Pierre
>
> Thanks to Michael Shell,  it reminds me that LFS68.3 had some
> symlinks set-up in "6.6. Creating Essential Files and Symlinks".
> Do you have, for example:
> /usr/lib/libuuid.so->/tools/lib/libuuid.so?
>
> And same for:
> /usr/include/uuid->/tools/include/uuid

SOLVED
I made a typo in creating the symlinks in 6.6, so the external UUID library was 
unfindable. Fixing those symlinks solved the problem and allowed for successful 
installation of e2fsprogs. Thank you, Pierre & Michael.
Adam

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