On Sat, 2018-02-03 at 18:49 +1100, Wayne Blaszczyk wrote: > FYI, > > It looks like libcap silently fails a gperf check due to which > missing. > If which is installed then libcap build fails with the following: > > > make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/sources/libcap-2.25/libcap' > gcc -O2 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Dlinux -Wall > -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wstrict- > prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wshadow > -g -fPIC -I/opt/sources/libcap-2.25/libcap/../libcap/include/uapi > -I/opt/sources/libcap-2.25/libcap/../libcap/include -include > _caps_output.gperf -c cap_text.c -o cap_text.o > In file included from <command-line>:0:0: > ./_caps_output.gperf:71:80: error: unknown type name ‘size_t’ > gperf_case_strncmp (register const char *s1, register const char > *s2, register size_t n) > > ^~~~~~ > ./_caps_output.gperf:96:53: error: unknown type name ‘size_t’ > __cap_hash_name (register const char *str, register size_t len) > ^~~~~~ > ./_caps_output.gperf:200:55: error: unknown type name ‘size_t’ > __cap_lookup_name (register const char *str, register size_t len) > ^~~~~~ > ./_caps_output.gperf:200:1: error: conflicting types for > ‘__cap_lookup_name’ > __cap_lookup_name (register const char *str, register size_t len) > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ./_caps_output.gperf:33:29: note: previous declaration of > ‘__cap_lookup_name’ was here > const struct __cap_token_s *__cap_lookup_name(const char *, unsigned > int); > ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > make[1]: *** [Makefile:63: cap_text.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/sources/libcap-2.25/libcap' > make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2 > > > Probably related to this: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/604802 > > > The question is, how important is libcap being built with gperf. > > Regards, > Wayne. > > > > >
It's not important at all, as the tarball already distributes pre- generated file (with an older gperf, I guess). Fix the issue with make BUILD_GPERF=no -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
