Re: i686 binutils failing to build for SDK 7.0 build

[Denys Dmytriyenko <denys@ti.com>]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 11:55:06AM -0700, Matt Schuckmann wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Denys Dmytriyenko [mailto:denys@ti.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 11:46 AM
> > To: Cooper Jr., Franklin
> > Cc: Matt Schuckmann; meta-arago@arago-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [meta-arago] i686 binutils failing to build for SDK 7.0
> > build
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 02:24:37PM -0400, Cooper Jr., Franklin wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: meta-arago-bounces@arago-project.org [mailto:meta-arago-
> > > > bounces@arago-project.org] On Behalf Of Dmytriyenko, Denys
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 1:07 PM
> > > > To: Matt Schuckmann
> > > > Cc: meta-arago@arago-project.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [meta-arago] i686 binutils failing to build for SDK
> > 7.0
> > > > build
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 10:44:28AM -0700, Matt Schuckmann wrote:
> > > > > I'm trying to build a basic image using Arago, SDK 7.0 config
> > > > > (configs/amsdk/amsdk-07.00.00.00-config.txt) and binutils 2.20.1
> > > > > is failing to compile for the i686 host system.
> > > > > I'm building on a Ubuntu 14.04 32bit VM.
> > > > >
> > > > > My bitbake command is:
> > > > > MACHINE=am335x-evm;bitbake core-image-minimal
> > > > >
> > > > > The errors are:
> > > > > binutils-native/2.20.1-r9/binutils-
> > 2.20.1/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo:326:
> > > > > unknown
> > > > command `colophon'
> > > > > binutils-native/2.20.1-r9/binutils-
> > 2.20.1/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo:337:
> > > > > unknown
> > > > command `cygnus'
> > > > >
> > > > > It looks like this was a known problem for building binutils that
> > > > > has been fixed a long time ago and since SDK 7.0 is released code
> > > > > I would have assumed the problem was taken care for the Arago
> > > > > build so I'm a little puzzled why I'm getting this now.
> > 
> > >  [Franklin] I'm assuming that your issue is related to Ubuntu 14.04.
> > I
> > > need  to install it eventually anyway very soon so I can give it a
> > try
> > > and  hopefully help you with your issue.
> > 
> > See the other reply talking about the specific reason 14.04 fails.
> > 
> > 
> > > > Since you are using amsdk-07.00.00.00-config.txt config, you are
> > > > building the same exact version that was released as AMSDK 7.0.
> > That
> > > > config is not being updated to pick up any latest code.
> > 
> > > [Franklin] Unless he wants something stable since has already been
> > > released
> > 
> > Again, see the other reply - I got an impression by the last paragraph
> > above that the requirement was to pull in some recent fixes for
> > binutils. That won't be done in AMSDK 7.0, as it's already released and
> > closed.
> > 
> > 
> > > and also will be supported outside of this mailing list.
> > 
> > Just a reminder - this is the Arago development mailing list, not AMSDK
> > support mailing list. I don't mind these questions, but the assumption
> > would always be that people want the latest stuff, since it's a
> > community facing list.
> 
> It seems that a question about creating a image based on released and tested 
> software i.e the SDK 7.0 tags in Arago is an appropriate question for this 
> list. If not this list then where?

My above comment was addressed to Franklin - he mentioned the support outside 
of this mailing list, hence my reply.


> I really just want to know where to start and the TI websites, and 
> documentation provide a lot of options but very little guidance and it seems 
> to very much be a moving target. Typically a good place to start is a 
> released version but your comments seem to indicate that it's not so. I'm 
> sorry if posted in the wrong place it seemed like this was the best list to 
> get an answer specific to building source from Arago.

Like I said above - if you want to start with a released version, that's fine. 
From your first email it wasn't clear - it sounded like you wanted to backport 
some fixes to binutils from newer versions back to AMSDK 7.0, to which I 
replied accordingly, suggesting to use the latest code base instead, due to 
the reasons outlined above. If you are not comfortable with latest code base, 
that's fine too.

So, questions about creating an image of your own does fall into the subject 
of this mailing list.

-- 
Denys