On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Brian Wolven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to build rockbox on OS X for the first time (for the Sansa > e200) and have a couple of questions: > > 1) I found that I had to sudo /bin/bash (i.e., run as root) and then run > the configure script in order to get it to work. Otherwise the shell > just exited immediately, and any errors that may have been printed out > vanished along with the terminal window. Is that... normal, a > peculiarity of OS X, or simply user error? > > 2) Having apparently made some progress (rockboxdev.sh and configure > script run without errors), I now get the following error in the build > process (running make from build-dir): > > > Consider upgrading to GNU make 3.81+ for optimum build performance. > make[1]: `rdf2binary' is up to date. > make[1]: `convbdf' is up to date. > make[1]: `codepages' is up to date. > make[1]: `bmp2rb' is up to date. > make[1]: `scramble' is up to date. > MAKE in bitmaps/mono > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > MAKE in bitmaps/native > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `features'. > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > MAKE in bitmaps/mono > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > MAKE in bitmaps/native > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'. > make[1]: *** No rule to make target > > `/Users/wolvebc1/Development/Rockbox/source/firmware/target/arm/sandisk/app.lds', > needed by > `/Users/wolvebc1/Development/Rockbox/source/build-dir/apps/linkage.lds'. > Stop. > make: *** [build] Error 2 > > > > I'm using make v3.80, rather than 3.81 - relevant? > > Any tips would be appreciated. > > If you downloaded the tarball of the source -- that's the problem, it's currently broken and that app.lds file is missing, you'll have to use svn to get the source (simpler) or to get the missing file(s)(?)(may be tedious...)
