[oe-users] ERROR: function do_stage failed

[Yang]

Never mind, the problem persists.

I think this may be due to bash exporting my custom functions into an
sh (--posix) shell, which then barfs. This happens sometimes with
Makefiles, though I don't understand it at all.

Yang

On 9/17/07, Yang c17mswr02-at-sneakemail.com |openembedded|
<...> wrote:
> The problem seems to have gone away by itself after I wiped out the
> tmp and sources directories (thus re-grabbing all the packages).
>
> Why was glibc 2.6 being pulled when generic.conf has the following line?
>
> PREFERRED_VERSION_glibc ?= "2.5"
>
> What does the ?= mean?
>
> BTW, is Angstrom substantially larger than generic? We currently are
> trying to produce a tiny distro, at under 5MB.
>
> Michal, the soekris machine config is our own. Following this message
> is the paste.
>
> Thanks for any answers,
>
> Yang
>
> #@TYPE: Machine
> #@NAME: X86
> #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for a Linux running on x86
> compatible machines
>
> # i386 doesn't work with NTPL, see
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/libc-ports/2006-03/msg00030.html
> TARGET_ARCH = "i486"
> # TARGET_VENDOR = "-oe"
> PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS = "x86"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-soekris4801"
> # todo: convert to task-base
> # BOOTSTRAP_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "kernel pciutils udev kernel-modules"
> MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = " kernel-modules"
>
> MACHINE_FEATURES = "kernel26 pci usbhost ext2 screen wifi"
>
> udevdir = "/dev"
> OLDEST_KERNEL = "2.6.17"
> GLIBC_ADDONS = "nptl"
> GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-tls"
>
> SERIAL_CONSOLE = "ttyS0 19200 vt100"
>
> #require conf/machine/include/tune-x86.conf
>
> On 9/13/07, Dr. Michael Lauer mickey-at-vanille-media.de
> |openembedded| <...> wrote:
> > I'm afraid DISTRO = generic is missing some PREFERRED_VERSIONS, i.e.
> > glibc 2.6.1 is bleeding edge, so I suggest staying with 2.5.x for a
> > while. Please see some e.g. the Angstrom configuration and grab some
> > of the PREFERRED_VERSIONS / PROVIDERS and put them into generic.conf.
> > Patches welcome :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > :M:
> > --
> > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer | IT-Freelancer | http://www.vanille-media.de
> >
> >
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