[Buildroot] [Bug 11451] New: Can't find libmpfr.so.4 when using external toolchain on ubuntu 18.04/18.10

[Buildroot] [Bug 11451] New: Can't find libmpfr.so.4 when using external toolchain on ubuntu 18.04/18.10

[bugzilla at busybox.net]

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11451

            Bug ID: 11451
           Summary: Can't find libmpfr.so.4 when using external toolchain
                    on ubuntu 18.04/18.10
           Product: buildroot
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
          Assignee: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
          Reporter: lgnice at sina.com
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 7836
  --> https://bugs.busybox.net/attachment.cgi?id=7836&action=edit
libzlib configure error

When I upgraded ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04, output/build/libzlib-1.2.11 will
have a compilation error, because I used the toolchain provided by the bsp
vendor.

The reason is: ubuntu 18.04/18.10 removed
Libgmpv4-dev - Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools (GCC 4.x
compatible)

Only reserved: libmpfr6 - multiple precision floating-point computation

However, I found that all toolchains provide libmpfr.so by themselves:

/opt/Vatics/vtcs_toolchain/arm-eabi-uclibc/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/ralink/arm-buildroot-gcc463-for-ibox/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/ralink/buildroot-gcc463/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/mtk_mipsel_gcc-4.6.3_uclibc-0.9.33/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/GrainMedia/gm813x/toolchain_gnueabi-4.4.0_ARMv5TE/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/mipsel-24kec-linux-uclibc-4.9-2017.07/usr/lib/libmpfr.so
/opt/960A/buildroot-gcc463/usr/lib/libmpfr.so

?Just set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to solve it.

Export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mipsel-24kec-linux-uclibc-4.9-2017.07/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH


but, once LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set, an error will be reported in buildroot:

You seem to have the current working directory in your
LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. This doesn't work.
Make: *** [support/dependencies/dependencies.mk:25: core-dependencies] Error 1


How to solve it?

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[Buildroot] [Bug 11451] Can't find libmpfr.so.4 when using external toolchain on ubuntu 18.04/18.10

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--- Comment #1 from galen <lgnice@sina.com> ---
Created attachment 7841
  --> https://bugs.busybox.net/attachment.cgi?id=7841&action=edit
add LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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[Buildroot] [Bug 11451] Can't find libmpfr.so.4 when using external toolchain on ubuntu 18.04/18.10

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11451

Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #2 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> ---
If the programs in your external toolchain use libmpfr.so, but it is not
provided by the external toolchain, then the external toolchain is broken.

Your patch causes two problems:

 (1) libmpfr.so is not guaranteed to be installed $(HOST_DIR)/lib. Buildroot
only builds/installs host-mpfr if needed, and a typical configuration that uses
an external toolchain will not build/install host-mpfr.

 (2) Passing LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to some host libraries will very likely
confuse the cross-compilation of some packages. We tried a while ago to use
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and it was a total failure.

So, here, you really need to fix the external toolchain itself.

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