Re: [Ltib] Trouble adding new package in LTIB

[James E. Chargin Jr.]

Peter,

Thanks for the help. Based on the information you gave, I've made progress.

I was going to use .gz because the first two steps in the FAQ use .gz 
and don't mention .bz2. I made this choice before noticing in the 
specfile that .bz2 is supported.
Today, I used the .bz2 directly from GNU, using your instructions.

Today, I also noticed that your instructions regarding modifications to 
packages.lkc and pkg_map are mentioned in a later FAQ. Since I'm really 
a novice to packaging systems, I did not make the connection between the 
two FAQs. Perhaps the FAQ regarding "How can I add a completely new 
package..." should mention the FAQ "How do I introduce my new package to 
the config system".
Anyway, once I made additions to packages.lkc and pkg_map as you 
suggest, the following command worked:
./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec

If I specified parted, rather than parted.spec, the specfile was not 
found. Even though the command worked, it did emit some error messages, 
which I ignored. The rpmbuild seemed to work so I'm not sure the 
messages about network connections are important to me (for now).
8--
> ./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec
Processing platform: Freescale MPC8315E RDB PowerPC board
===========================================================
using config/platform/mpc8315erdb/.config

Processing: parted
====================
Testing network connectivity
Testing proxy connection for GPP : FAIL
response was: 500 Can't connect to wwwgate0.freescale.net:1080 (Bad 
hostname 'wwwgate0.freescale.net')
Can't get gpp index, proxy forced off
FAILED PPP: : 500 Can't connect to auslxsc01.mtwk.freescale.net:80 (Bad 
hostname 'auslxsc01.mtwk.freescale.net')
OK GPP:

FAILED GPP: parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2.md5: 404 Not Found
WARN: skipping md5sum check for 
/opt/freescale/pkgs/parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2, md5 file was not found
rpmbuild --dbpath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpmdb 
--define '_unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0' --define '_target_cpu 
powerpc' --define '__strip strip' --define '_topdir 
/home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm' --define '_prefix 
/usr' --define '_tmppath 
/home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp' --define '_mandir 
/usr/share/man' --define '_sysconfdir /etc' --define '_localstatedir 
/var' -bp 
/home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
rpmbuild --dbpath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpmdb 
--define _unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0 --define _target_cpu 
powerpc --define __strip strip --define _topdir 
/home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm --define _prefix /usr 
--define _tmppath /home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/tmp 
--define _mandir /usr/share/man --define _sysconfdir /etc --define 
_localstatedir /var -bp 
/home/jimc/borg/ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
...
--8

((
Vadim:
I didn't mention in my original report that once
  ./ltib -m prep -p parted
failed, based on the error message, I had tried
  ./ltib -m prep -p parted.spec
and
  ./ltib -m prep -p \
  .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
These commands gave the same error as when I didn't specify .spec so I 
didn't mention these attempts.
))



My next problem is with the step

7. Build the new package with your changes:
./ltib -m scbuild -p parted.spec

After much output, I get the message:

8--
configure: error: termcap could not be found which is required for the 
--with-readline option (which is enabled by default).  Either disable 
readline support with --without-readline or download and install termcap 
from:
        ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap
Note: if you are using precompiled packages you will also need the 
development package as well (which may be called termcap-devel or 
something similar).
Note: (n)curses also seems to work as a substitute for termcap.  This 
was not found either - but you could try installing that as well.
--8

I would prefer (I think) to build without termcap, rather than include 
it on my embedded system, but I don't know where I would specify 
--without-readline.  I know this would be a command line parameter for 
configure, but I don't know where that command line is generated.
Could you (or anyone) provide guidance?

Thanks
Jim


Peter Barada wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 10:19 -0700, James E. Chargin Jr. wrote:
> > I'm using LTIB on Ubuntu 7.10, targeting the MPC8315e.
> >
> > Since I've determined that GNU parted is not currently available for 
> > LTIB, I'm attempting to port parted so it is available on our target.
> > I've followed the instructions in the LTIB FAQ as best I can but am 
> > getting an error that I can't find an explanation for.
> > I downloaded parted-1.8.8.tar.bz2 from fsf. I unpacked it so I could 
> > later tar it to .gz as is expected by the instructions in the FAQ.
> Hmm, then the FAQ is wrong since it supports .bz2 (as specified in your 
> .spec file 'Source' further on).
> > So, starting with section "How can I add a completely new package to the 
> > root filesystem" in the LTIB FAQ:
> > 1. First clean your sources...
> >
> > Since I had just downloaded and untarred the package, I did not "make 
> > clean". I executed "tar zcvf parted-1.8.8.tar.gz parted-1.8.8"
> > 2. Move this tarball...
> >
> > I executed "cp parted-1.8.8.tar.gz /opt/freescale/pkgs/
> >
> > 3; Create a specfile...
> >
> > I executed:
> > cd .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129
> > mkdir dist/lfs-5.1/parted
> > cp dist/lfs-5.1/template/template.spec dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> >
> > 4: Edit and fixup the template...
> >
> > My edited specfile is:
> >
> > 8--
> > %define pfx /opt/freescale/rootfs/%{_target_cpu}
> >
> > Summary         : GNU parted - partition editor
> > Name            : parted
> > Version         : 1.8.8
> > Release         : 1
> > License         : GPL
> > Vendor          : Free Software Foundation
> > Packager        : xxxx
> > Group           : xxxx
> > URL             : http://directory.fsf.org/project/parted/
> > Source          : %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
> > BuildRoot       : %{_tmppath}/%{name}
> > Prefix          : %{pfx}
> >
> > %Description
> > %{summary}
> >
> > %Prep
> > %setup
> >
> > %Build
> > ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --host=$CFGHOST --build=%{_build}
> > make
> >
> > %Install
> > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> > make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{pfx}
> >
> > %Clean
> > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >
> > %Files
> > %defattr(-,root,root)
> > %{pfx}/*
> > --8
> >
> > 5. Unpack the new package source:
> >
> > Here is where I encounter the error. When I execute "./ltib -d -m prep 
> > -p parted" (I am dry-running to see what it will do), I see the message:
> > 8--
> > Cannot find spec file that contains the package name parted.
> > If necessary please give the whole spec file name (with the
> > .spec extension).
> >
> > Exiting on error or interrupt
> > --8
> >
> > I tried various commands trying to give the full specfile pathname, with 
> > no success. The last command I tried was "./ltib -d -m prep -p 
> > .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec" (I 
> > tried this with sudo also). I got the error message:
> > 8--
> > get_spec: can't find spec file 
> > .../dist/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/lfs-5.1/parted/parted.spec
> > in search any of the directories:
> >      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/rpm/SPECS
> >      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/config/platform/mpc8315erdb
> >      .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1
> >
> >
> > Processing platform: Freescale MPC8315E RDB PowerPC board
> > ===========================================================
> > using config/platform/mpc8315erdb/.config
> >
> > Processing: .../dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted
> > =======================================================================================
> > skipping .../ltib/ltib-mpc8315erdb-20071129/dist/lfs-5.1/parted/parted, 
> > specfile not found
> >
> > f_prep() returned an error, exiting
> > Exiting on error or interrupt
> > --8
> >
> > It seems I'm doing something basic incorrectly, but I can't see what it 
> > might be.
> > Any suggestions?
> Add to config/userspace/packages.lkc a stanza to allow selection of 
> parted, preferably in alphabetical order:
> config PKG_PARTED
>     bool "parted"
>     help
>         partition manipulation tool
>
> Then add to dist/lfs-5.1/common/pkg_map
>
> PKG_PARTED    = parted
>
> This should get "./ltib -p parted" to find the spec file.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> > Thanks,
> > Jim
> --
> Peter Barada <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>