[lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Tom Blamer
I've been following the LFS 7.0 stable book exactly, as far as I know, but I've hit a brick wall with building Bash in chapter 5. For example, I see lots of messages like this in the output of make tests: ./glob.tests: command substitution: line 188: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Zhu Bicen
I also encounter this problem before, I think the cause is on my build machine, /bin/sh is pointing to dash, not bash. please check this Pre Requirement. /bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard link to bash 2011/12/4 Tom Blamer bla...@gmail.com I've been following the LFS 7.0 stable book

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Andrew Benton
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:14:26 +0800 Zhu Bicen zhubi...@gmail.com wrote: I also encounter this problem before, I think the cause is on my build machine, /bin/sh is pointing to dash, not bash. please check this Pre Requirement. Is dash installed on Fedora? I thought it was a Debian thing. Andy

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Andrew Benton
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 04:49:05 -0600 Tom Blamer bla...@gmail.com wrote: I've been following the LFS 7.0 stable book exactly, as far as I know, but I've hit a brick wall with building Bash in chapter 5. For example, I see lots of messages like this in the output of make tests: ./glob.tests:

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tom Blamer wrote: I've been following the LFS 7.0 stable book exactly, as far as I know, but I've hit a brick wall with building Bash in chapter 5. For example, I see lots of messages like this in the output of make tests: ./glob.tests: command substitution: line 188: syntax error near

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Tom Blamer
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: Tom Blamer wrote: I've been following the LFS 7.0 stable book exactly, as far as I know, but I've hit a brick wall with building Bash in chapter 5. For example, I see lots of messages like this in the output of

Re: [lfs-support] LFS 7.0 - broken bash build - command substitution: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

2011-12-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tom Blamer wrote: This is actually my second attempt going through this, the first time I hit similar bash errors in chapter 6 building glibc. So, after I started over, I ran the bash tests here in chapter 5 to see if I was still broken. Yes, but you are running the tests with Fedora

[lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev)

2011-12-04 Thread str1chn1n3
Hello All, It's unclear whether the email list is restricted to just the stable version-- if so, just say the word and I'll abandon DEV for STABLE. If not, I could use a hand figuring out the cause of an install failure. The details: 1) Building to a blank system, using Debian Live CD

Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev)

2011-12-04 Thread Chris Staub
On 12/05/2011 01:27 AM, str1chn1n3 wrote: Hello All, It's unclear whether the email list is restricted to just the stable version-- if so, just say the word and I'll abandon DEV for STABLE. If not, I could use a hand figuring out the cause of an install failure. The details: 1) Building to a

Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev)

2011-12-04 Thread str1chn1n3
-- From: Chris Staub ch...@beaker67.com Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:38 AM To: LFS Support List lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Subject: Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev) On 12/05/2011 01:27 AM, str1chn1n3 wrote:

Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev)

2011-12-04 Thread Chris Staub
Whenever I attempt to install as user lfs sans sudo, I get 'Permission denied' for the target directory. That's why lfs is sudoed. Any thoughts why this might be happening? (Btw, that's the reason for the indirect toolchain adjustment.) That means you've missed something earlier in the

Re: [lfs-support] 2nd Pass binutils install fails (LFS-dev)

2011-12-04 Thread str1chn1n3
I don;t think so, ownership was set to: drwxr-xr-x 10 lfs root 4096 Dec 4 21:00 tools/ I'll have to check the makeup of the default debian-live user used for the beginning root-based steps... Anyways, bonking and remaking is no big deal all things considered. I'll take your advice.