[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] coreutils: fix do_configure error with long TMPDIR

[wenzong fan]

On 08/24/2012 12:28 AM, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 08/19/2012 07:55 PM, wenzong.fan at windriver.com wrote:
>> From: Wenzong Fan <wenzong.fan at windriver.com>
>>
>> By default the 'm4/*' files will be extended with absolute path while
>> autoreconf running, if the length of TMPDIR is too long such as 410
>> which is the maximum value allowed by 'sanity.bbclass', autoreconf
>> will fail with error:
>>
>> Can't exec "/bin/sh": Argument list too long ...
>>
>> Fix this issue by specific the 'acpaths' to '-I ./m4'.
>>
>> [YOCTO #2766]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wenzong Fan <wenzong.fan at windriver.com>
>> ---
>> meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.14.bb | 4 +++-
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.14.bb
>> b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.14.bb
>> index 9a714a9..c7c8e13 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.14.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_8.14.bb
>> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BUGTRACKER = "http://debbugs.gnu.org/coreutils"
>> LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
>> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504\
>> file://src/ls.c;startline=5;endline=16;md5=e1a509558876db58fb6667ba140137ad"
>>
>> -PR = "r5"
>> +PR = "r6"
>> DEPENDS = "gmp libcap"
>> DEPENDS_virtclass-native = ""
>>
>> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ base_bindir_progs = "cat chgrp chmod chown cp date
>> dd echo false kill ln ls mkdi
>>
>> sbindir_progs= "chroot"
>>
>> +acpaths = "-I ./m4"
>> +
> This is a poor work-around to the problem, and does not give any idea as
> to what your fixing. Please investigate a proper fix not just a
> work-around.

Hi Saul,

Because a too long TMPDIR will caused the failure:

Can't exec "/bin/sh": Argument list too long at 
/usr/lib/perl/5.10/IO/File.pm line 66.

So we have a limitation in the sanity.bbclass that the tmpdir can't be 
longer than 410. See commit 2dee999ab2731c2a96e82762ae04fe44f27edac6.

This limitation works for mostly packages but except for coreutils. 
There are 378 m4 files under '.../coreutils-8.14/m4', so if all of them 
extended with absolute path while the TMPDIR is long enough, it will be 
a very long argument list and over the ARG_MAX value that kernel defined.

I think the best solution is reducing the length of argument list, 
because autoreconf will be run in $S dir, so absolute path is not 
necessary here. The acpaths is generated by autotools.bbclass and allow 
to overwrite by a pre-defined value. Another option is getting 
autotools.bbclass generate acpatchs with relative path directly, this 
might work, but will effect all autotool packages instead of coreutils only.


Thanks
Wenzong

>
> Thanks
> Sau!
>
>> do_install_append() {
>> for i in df mktemp base64; do mv ${D}${bindir}/$i
>> ${D}${bindir}/$i.${BPN}; done
>>
>>
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