[Libguestfs] febootstrap-3.12 configure error on Fedora 16

[Andrzej Tobola]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:10:24PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 04:43:28PM +0100, Andrzej Tobola wrote:
> > Hello Richard,
> > 
> > Can't configure febootstrap-3.12 on Fedora 16:
> > 
> > $ ./configure
> > ............
> > checking for aptitude... no
> > checking for apt-cache... no
> > checking for dpkg... no
> > checking for pacman... no
> > checking for gzopen in -lz... no
> > checking for mke2fs... /sbin/mke2fs
> > checking for error_message in -lcom_err... no
> > configure: error: in `/home/ato/febootstrap/febootstrap-3.12':
> > configure: error: com_err library not found (part of e2fsprogs)
> > See `config.log' for more details
> > 
> > [ato at f16 febootstrap-3.12]$ gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest -g -O2  conftest.c -lcom_err
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.2/../../../../lib64/libcom_err.a(error_message.o): In function `et_list_lock':
> > (.text+0x18d): undefined reference to `sem_wait'
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.2/../../../../lib64/libcom_err.a(error_message.o): In function `et_list_unlock':
> > (.text+0x1b6): undefined reference to `sem_post'
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.2/../../../../lib64/libcom_err.a(error_message.o): In function `setup_et_lock':
> > (.text.startup+0x11): undefined reference to `sem_init'
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.6.2/../../../../lib64/libcom_err.a(error_message.o): In function `fini_et_lock':
> > (.text.exit+0xa): undefined reference to `sem_destroy'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > 
> > 
> > It seems that sem_* symbols are in -pthread -  thist works OK:
> > 
> > $ gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest -g -O2  conftest.c -pthread -lcom_err
> > 
> > so What must be corrected ?
> 
> I don't see this error myself.  I just unpacked febootstrap-3.12 from
> the tarball, and ./configure && make works fine.
> 
> What does config.log say?

As I described - configure can't compile conftest.c stub
(with the purpose of testing of existance of the library libcomm_err)
because there are unresolved loader references, and as a result:
fatal error:

 > checking for error_message in -lcom_err... no

So how/where your config finds sem_* symbols functions ?
or mebe your libcom_err is self-contained and does not reference them ?

On my fresh Fedora 16 -pthread cc option must be definded
becasue libcom_err is not self-contained and needs sem_* symbols
which option -pthread provides.

 -a

> 
> > PS
> > You can also add:
> > 
> >   yum install git mailx autoconf automake texinfo ocaml pcaml-findlib
> > 
> > to the descripion on how to install on fresh F16.
> > to save others from my detective work.
> 
> I'm fairly sure you don't need autoconf and automake, to build from
> the tarball.  Building from git does of course require these.
> 
> OCaml and ocaml-findlib are already mentioned in the README file.
> 
> Rich.
> 
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