[Buildroot] Glib2 build problem

[Christian SCHWARZ <christian.schwarz@st.com>]

Yes, this is what I now do, however, as you already mentioned it is not 
a very clean way (but maybe the only one?).

//Christian

John Voltz wrote:
> ln -s $(BUILDROOT)/linux-toolchain/lib $(BUILDROOT)/$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
> ln -s $(BUILDROOT)/$(STAGING_DIR)/lib $(BUILDROOT)/$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
> ln -s $(BUILDROOT)/linux-toolchain/include 
> $(BUILDROOT)/$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
> 
> Note that gcc 4.2 and later support sysroot so staging_dir/usr is 
> actually a directory and not a symlink to dot.
> 
> John
> 
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:38 AM, John Voltz <john.voltz@gmail.com 
> <mailto:john.voltz@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I don't have any experience using buildroot with an external
>     toolchain. Maybe someone else here can help with that one. I know a
>     very nasty and hackish way though, you could symlink the include and
>     lib directories out to the external toolchain. If you don't mind
>     polluting your toolchain directories.
> 
>     John
> 
> 
>     On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Christian SCHWARZ
>     <christian.schwarz at st.com <mailto:christian.schwarz@st.com>> wrote:
> 
>         ok thanks, in fact the linker did not find libintl:
>          arm-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: cannot find -lintl
> 
>         Do you have an idea how I can tell the toolchain to look also in
>         $(BUILDROOT)/linux-toolchain/include and
>         $(BUILDROOT)/linux-toolchain/lib ? If not, I have to copy
>         generated libs
>         & header files into the toolchain's own lib/ and include/ dirs.
> 
>         cheers,
>         Christian
> 
>         John Voltz wrote:
>          > Take a look inside config.log. You can find the compiler
>         error there
>          > that caused the configure script to fail. That usually tells
>         a lot about
>          > the real problem.
>          >
>          > John
>          >
>          >
>          > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Christian SCHWARZ
>          > <christian.schwarz at st.com <mailto:christian.schwarz@st.com>
>         <mailto:christian.schwarz@st.com
>         <mailto:christian.schwarz@st.com>>> wrote:
>          >
>          >     Dear all,
>          >
>          >     I encounter a build problem with glib2 for an ARM11
>         target. The error
>          >     message is the following:
>          >
>          >     ---------------snip---------------------
>          >     [...]
>          >     checking libintl.h usability... yes
>          >     checking libintl.h presence... yes
>          >     checking for libintl.h... yes
>          >     checking for ngettext in libc... no
>          >     checking for bindtextdomain in -lintl... no
>          >     checking if -liconv is needed to use gettext...
>          >     checking for ngettext in -lintl... no
>          >     configure: error:
>          >     *** You must have either have gettext support in your C
>         library, or
>          >     use the
>          >     *** GNU gettext library.
>          >     (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html
>          >    
>         ---------------------snap-------------------------------------
>          >
>          >     It seems as though I should configure ngettext support in
>         libintl, but I
>          >     don't know how to do so. Is the alternative rebuilding
>         the uclibc,
>          >     similar to what has been discussed on the mailing list?:
>          >    
>         http://www.nabble.com/Kindly-help-me-to-build-glib2-on-arm926-platform-td12012803.html
>          >
>          >     Buildroot snapshot is 2008-17-03. A cross-compiling
>         toolchain for ARM
>          >     Linux has been built (previously) with buildroot.
>          >
>          >     thanks for any hints,
>          >     Christian
>          >
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