Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fix the NO_64BIT build on pure 64-bit systems

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>]

Em Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 07:44:04AM -0700, Randy Dunlap escreveu:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:20:52 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@ORACLE.COM> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:34:16 GMT tip-bot for Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Commit-ID:  55621ccf2b7a8afe39df8c80f55b28424fd07d13
> > > > Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/55621ccf2b7a8afe39df8c80f55b28424fd07d13
> > > > Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > > > AuthorDate: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:57:25 +0200
> > > > Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> > > > CommitDate: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:27 +0200
> > > > 
> > > > perf tools: Fix the NO_64BIT build on pure 64-bit systems
> > > > 
> > > > Randy Dunlap reported that 'make NO_64BIT=1' fails to build
> > > > a pure 32-b it binary on 64-bit/64-bit x86 systems.
> > > > 
> > > > The reason is that we dont pass in the -m32 and GCC defaults
> > > > to -m64.
> > > > 
> > > > So pass it in - and also extend the warning message about libelf
> > > > dependencies - glibc-dev[el] is needed as well beyond the libelf
> > > > library.
> > > 
> > > Ingo, thanks, I finally got this working, after installing more 32-bit
> > > libs etc., like Kyle said that I would need to do.
> > > 
> > > The error message is still a little misleading/confusing:
> > > Makefile:426: *** No libelf.h/libelf found, please install libelf-dev/elfutils-libelf-devel and glibc-dev[el].  Stop.
> > > 
> > > when elfutils-libelf-devel.i586 is installed but glibc-devel.i[56]86 is not
> > > installed.  gcc failed with:
> > > In file included from /usr/include/features.h:376,
> > >                  from /usr/include/sys/types.h:27,
> > >                  from /usr/include/libelf.h:53,
> > >                  from elfdeveltest.c:1:
> > > /usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
> > 
> > Why is it misleading? It says it very clearly that you need to install 
> > both:
> > 
> >   please install libelf-dev/elfutils-libelf-devel and glibc-dev[el].  Stop.
> 
> It also says very clearly:
> 
> Makefile:426: *** No libelf.h/libelf found
> 
> which is not correct.

So the correct way is to first look for the presence of glibc-devel,
barf if its not present, then after that, do what is done now and test
for the presence of libelf.h :-\

But if one just follows the suggestion, and installs the suggested
packages, it should work, no?

- Arnaldo