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Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Subject: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

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Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 12:37 UTC · lore

Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure' route. This is my third try to send this. I sent also to Junio yesterday, but no response.

% uname -a Linux blake 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen #1 SMP Thu May 17 03:43:13 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

% gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)

% make prefix=/opt/git-1.5.2.2 all doc
GIT_VERSION = 1.5.2.2-dirty
    * new build flags or prefix
    CC convert-objects.o
    CC blob.o
    CC commit.o
    CC connect.o
    CC csum-file.o
    CC cache-tree.o
    CC base85.o
    CC date.o
    CC diff-delta.o
    CC entry.o
    CC exec_cmd.o
    CC ident.o
    CC interpolate.o
    CC lockfile.o
    CC patch-ids.o
    CC object.o
    CC pack-check.o
    CC pack-write.o
    CC patch-delta.o
    CC path.o
    CC pkt-line.o
    CC sideband.o
    CC reachable.o
    CC reflog-walk.o
    CC quote.o
    CC read-cache.o
    CC refs.o
    CC run-command.o
    CC dir.o
    CC object-refs.o
    CC server-info.o
    CC setup.o
    CC sha1_file.o
    CC sha1_name.o
    CC strbuf.o
    CC tag.o
    CC tree.o
    CC usage.o
    CC config.o
    CC environment.o
    CC ctype.o
    CC copy.o
    CC revision.o
    CC pager.o
    CC tree-walk.o
    CC xdiff-interface.o
    CC write_or_die.o
    CC trace.o
    CC list-objects.o
    CC grep.o
    CC match-trees.o
    CC alloc.o
    CC merge-file.o
    CC path-list.o
    GEN common-cmds.h
    CC help.o
    CC unpack-trees.o
    CC diff.o
    CC diff-lib.o
    CC diffcore-break.o
    CC diffcore-order.o
    CC diffcore-pickaxe.o
    CC diffcore-rename.o
    CC tree-diff.o
    CC combine-diff.o
    CC diffcore-delta.o
    CC log-tree.o
    CC color.o
    CC wt-status.o
    CC archive-zip.o
    CC archive-tar.o
    CC shallow.o
    CC utf8.o
    CC convert.o
    CC attr.o
    CC decorate.o
    CC progress.o
    CC mailmap.o
    CC symlinks.o
    CC compat/strlcpy.o
    AR libgit.a
    CC xdiff/xdiffi.o
    CC xdiff/xprepare.o
    CC xdiff/xutils.o
    CC xdiff/xemit.o
    CC xdiff/xmerge.o
    AR xdiff/lib.a
    LINK git-convert-objects
libgit.a(utf8.o): In function `reencode_string':
/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:317: undefined reference to `libiconv_open'
/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:328: undefined reference to `libiconv'
/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:353: undefined reference to `libiconv_close'
/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:334: undefined reference to `libiconv_close'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [git-convert-objects] Error 1
Bill
Johannes Schindelin· Jun 19, 2007, 13:00 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Hi,
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
> Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
> route.
Then there is a test missing in configure.
> /home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:328: undefined reference to `libiconv'
You are missing libiconv.

Ciao, Dscho

Marco Roeland· Jun 19, 2007, 13:24 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday June 19th 2007 at 14:00 Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
> 
> > Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
> > route.
> 
> Then there is a test missing in configure.
> 
> > /home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:328: undefined reference to `libiconv'
> 
> You are missing libiconv.

On Linux there usually is no separate libiconv as this is integrated into GNU libc. Most of the time this kind of error results when somehow there _is_ a separate installation of libiconv under /usr/local/lib or something. An #include <iconv.h> then finds the version under /usr/local/include/iconv.h which has rather different definitions, due to using all kind of macros.

If this is Bills situation try uninstalling the separate iconv package or at least temporarily rename its iconv.h header.

-- 
Marco Roeland
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 13:50 UTC · re: Marco Roeland · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 15:24:56 (+0200) Marco Roeland writes:
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>On Tuesday June 19th 2007 at 14:00 Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>> 
>> > Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
>> > route.
>> 
>> Then there is a test missing in configure.
>> 
>> > /home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/utf8.c:328: undefined reference to `libiconv'
>> 
>> You are missing libiconv.
>
>On Linux there usually is no separate libiconv as this is integrated
>into GNU libc. Most of the time this kind of error results when somehow
>there _is_ a separate installation of libiconv under /usr/local/lib or
>something. An #include <iconv.h> then finds the version under
>/usr/local/include/iconv.h which has rather different definitions, due to
>using all kind of macros.
>
>If this is Bills situation try uninstalling the separate iconv package
>or at least temporarily rename its iconv.h header.

Well, I'll try that, but this is a fresh install of Centos 5, not a custom-hacked OS, and I would think that git should build out of the box on it.

I checked and there is no iconv package (rpm). I really don't want to have to temporarily rename a header. I can't hand this out to the rest of the company, some of whom do not have root access to be able to rename header files.

Bill
Marco Roeland· Jun 19, 2007, 14:30 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday June 19th 2007 at 08:50 Bill Lear wrote:
> Well, I'll try that, but this is a fresh install of Centos 5, not a
> custom-hacked OS, and I would think that git should build out of the
> box on it.

Yes it should, but your error messages do suggest there is a mismatch between headers and libraries for the iconv functions. And as on Linux those are in libc, which is always linked in, it suggests there is a roque header perhaps!

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> 
> I checked and there is no iconv package (rpm).  I really don't want
> to have to temporarily rename a header.  I can't hand this out to
> the rest of the company, some of whom do not have root access to
> be able to rename header files.

You might at least investigate if there is somehow another iconv.h header besides the system one under /usr/include, that might have been used by the compiler instead of the standard one from GNU libc.

-- 
Marco Roeland
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 14:48 UTC · re: Marco Roeland · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 16:30:00 (+0200) Marco Roeland writes:
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>On Tuesday June 19th 2007 at 08:50 Bill Lear wrote:
>> 
>> I checked and there is no iconv package (rpm).  I really don't want
>> to have to temporarily rename a header.  I can't hand this out to
>> the rest of the company, some of whom do not have root access to
>> be able to rename header files.
>
>You might at least investigate if there is somehow another iconv.h
>header besides the system one under /usr/include, that might have been
>used by the compiler instead of the standard one from GNU libc.

Ok, I moved all the *iconv* stuff in /usr/local/<blah> and now it builds ok.

However, I still get this:
install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/'
(cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
So, I did a make -k and it worked ok, aside from this error.
I copied this line:
(cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)

into a file, chmod +x'd that file, and cd'd into templates and ran the script. I got the same error. I then tried running it by hand from the command line:

% cd templates % (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates && tar xf -)

and it worked fine.
Bill
David Kastrup· Jun 19, 2007, 15:12 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:
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> On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 16:30:00 (+0200) Marco Roeland writes:
>>On Tuesday June 19th 2007 at 08:50 Bill Lear wrote:
>>> 
>>> I checked and there is no iconv package (rpm).  I really don't want
>>> to have to temporarily rename a header.  I can't hand this out to
>>> the rest of the company, some of whom do not have root access to
>>> be able to rename header files.
>>
>>You might at least investigate if there is somehow another iconv.h
>>header besides the system one under /usr/include, that might have been
>>used by the compiler instead of the standard one from GNU libc.
>
> Ok, I moved all the *iconv* stuff in /usr/local/<blah> and now
> it builds ok.
>
> However, I still get this:
>
> install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/'
                                         ^^^
> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)
                                   ^^^
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> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> So, I did a make -k and it worked ok, aside from this error.
>
> I copied this line:
>
> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)
                                   ^^^
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> into a file, chmod +x'd that file, and cd'd into templates and ran
> the script.  I got the same error.  I then tried running it by
> hand from the command line:
>
> % cd templates
> % (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates
>                                                     ^^^
> && tar xf -)
>
> and it worked fine.

Not sure whether this is the problem: either cd does not understasnd the double slashes, or your shell used for scripts has modified cd to output some stuff when it is working (people sometimes imprudently make shell functions or aliases for this).

Try writing something like
type cd
in a script file and see what output you get.
-- 
David Kastrup
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 16:16 UTC · re: David Kastrup · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 17:12:14 (+0200) David Kastrup writes:
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>Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:
>>...
>> However, I still get this:
>>
>> install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/'
>                                         ^^^
>> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
>> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)
>                                   ^^^
>> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
>> tar: Skipping to next header
>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>
>> So, I did a make -k and it worked ok, aside from this error.
>>
>> I copied this line:
>>
>> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
>> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share//git-core/templates/' && tar xf -)
>                                   ^^^
>> into a file, chmod +x'd that file, and cd'd into templates and ran
>> the script.  I got the same error.  I then tried running it by
>> hand from the command line:
>>
>> % cd templates
>> % (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates
>>                                                     ^^^
>> && tar xf -)
>>
>> and it worked fine.
>
>Not sure whether this is the problem: either cd does not understasnd
>the double slashes, or your shell used for scripts has modified cd to
>output some stuff when it is working (people sometimes imprudently
>make shell functions or aliases for this).
>
>Try writing something like
>
>type cd
>
>in a script file and see what output you get.

% echo 'type cd' > foo % chmod +x foo % ./foo cd is a shell builtin % bash --version GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

I also tried using the double-slash on the command line. It worked fine. I tried a single slash from the script and it did not work.

% cd templates % cat foo set -x type tar type cd (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates && tar xf -) % ./foo ++ type tar tar is /bin/tar ++ type cd cd is a shell builtin ++ cd blt ++ tar cf - . ++ cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates ++ tar xf - tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Bill
Alex Riesen· Jun 19, 2007, 20:09 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Bill Lear, Tue, Jun 19, 2007 18:16:26 +0200:
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> % cat foo
> set -x
> type tar
> type cd
> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates && tar xf -)
what would you see if your script contained:
    set -x
    (cd blt && tar cf - .) |less

? Does the output look like a tar archive to you? Can you share it with us if you're not sure?

Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 20:57 UTC · re: Alex Riesen · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 22:09:39 (+0200) Alex Riesen writes:
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>Bill Lear, Tue, Jun 19, 2007 18:16:26 +0200:
>> % cat foo
>> set -x
>> type tar
>> type cd
>> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | (cd /opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates && tar xf -)
>
>what would you see if your script contained:
>
>    set -x
>    (cd blt && tar cf - .) |less
>
>?
>Does the output look like a tar archive to you?
Well, not sure.  Lots of gobbledygook.
>Can you share it with us if you're not sure?

Ok, I've tried to send a limited amount of data, hopefully useful. If I redirect to a file:

(cd blt && tar cf - .) > tar.tar
and then try to view it with tar:
% tar tvf tar.tar

I get the same error as before. I sent the output through 'od' as so:

(cd blt && tar cf - .) | od -a | head -50
Here is the result of that:

0000000 / h o m e / b l e a r / b u i l 0000020 d / g i t - 1 . 5 . 2 . 2 / t e 0000040 m p l a t e s / b l t nl . / nul nul 0000060 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0000220 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 nul 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 nul 0000240 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000260 0 0 0 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 2 7 4 nul 0000300 0 1 0 7 2 4 nul sp 5 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000320 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0000440 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul u s t 0000460 a r sp sp nul b l e a r nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000500 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000520 nul nul nul nul nul s o f t w a r e nul nul nul 0000540 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001040 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul . / d e 0001060 s c r i p t i o n nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001100 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001220 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 nul 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 nul 0001240 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0001260 0 7 2 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 2 7 4 nul 0001300 0 1 3 1 7 1 nul sp 0 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001320 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001440 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul u s t 0001460 a r sp sp nul b l e a r nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001500 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001520 nul nul nul nul nul s o f t w a r e nul nul nul 0001540 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0002040 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul U n n a 0002060 m e d sp r e p o s i t o r y ; sp 0002100 e d i t sp t h i s sp f i l e sp t 0002120 o sp n a m e sp i t sp f o r sp g i 0002140 t w e b . nl nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0002160 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0003040 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul . / b r 0003060 a n c h e s / nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0003100 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0003220 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 nul 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 nul 0003240 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0003260 0 0 0 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 2 7 3 nul 0003300 0 1 2 5 1 0 nul sp 5 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0003320 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul *

If I run this from the command-line, instead of a script, I get this (and if it is redirected to a file instead of 'od', tar can read it):

0000000 . / nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000020 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0000140 nul nul nul nul 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 nul 0 0 0 1 0000160 3 5 0 nul 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0000200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 0000220 2 7 4 nul 0 1 0 7 2 4 nul sp 5 nul nul nul 0000240 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0000400 nul u s t a r sp sp nul b l e a r nul nul 0000420 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000440 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul s o f t w a r 0000460 e nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0000500 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001000 . / d e s c r i p t i o n nul nul nul 0001020 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001140 nul nul nul nul 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 nul 0 0 0 1 0001160 3 5 0 nul 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0001200 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 0001220 2 7 4 nul 0 1 3 1 7 1 nul sp 0 nul nul nul 0001240 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0001400 nul u s t a r sp sp nul b l e a r nul nul 0001420 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001440 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul s o f t w a r 0001460 e nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0001500 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0002000 U n n a m e d sp r e p o s i t o 0002020 r y ; sp e d i t sp t h i s sp f i 0002040 l e sp t o sp n a m e sp i t sp f o 0002060 r sp g i t w e b . nl nul nul nul nul nul nul 0002100 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0003000 . / b r a n c h e s / nul nul nul nul nul 0003020 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0003140 nul nul nul nul 0 0 0 0 7 5 5 nul 0 0 0 1 0003160 3 5 0 nul 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 nul 0 0 0 0 0003200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nul 1 0 6 3 5 7 6 5 0003220 2 7 3 nul 0 1 2 5 1 0 nul sp 5 nul nul nul 0003240 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul * 0003400 nul u s t a r sp sp nul b l e a r nul nul 0003420 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0003440 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul s o f t w a r 0003460 e nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul 0003500 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul

Bill
Johannes Schindelin· Jun 19, 2007, 21:11 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Hi,
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
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> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | od -a | head -50
> 
> Here is the result of that:
> 
> 0000000   /   h   o   m   e   /   b   l   e   a   r   /   b   u   i   l
> 0000020   d   /   g   i   t   -   1   .   5   .   2   .   2   /   t   e
> 0000040   m   p   l   a   t   e   s   /   b   l   t  nl   .   / nul nul
> 0000060 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul nul

As is easy to see, what has been suggested earlier is true. The cd (idiotically) outputs the path to stdout.

Hth, Dscho

Junio C Hamano· Jun 19, 2007, 21:11 UTC · re: David Kastrup · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
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> Not sure whether this is the problem: either cd does not understasnd
> the double slashes, or your shell used for scripts has modified cd to
> output some stuff when it is working (people sometimes imprudently
> make shell functions or aliases for this).
>
> Try writing something like
>
> type cd
>
> in a script file and see what output you get.
A one-word guess: CDPATH.

Bill, setting CDPATH in your interactive shell as a shell variable is Ok, but exporting it as an environment does not make much sense.

Really.
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 21:17 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:11:32 (-0700) Junio C Hamano writes:
>...
>A one-word guess: CDPATH.
A one-word reply: that-was-correct-thank-you-and-good-guess.
Bill
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 13:51 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
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>Hi,
>
>On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>
>> Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
>> route.
>
>Then there is a test missing in configure.
Here is the particular error:
install git '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/bin'
make -C templates DESTDIR='' install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/'
(cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/' && gtar xf -)
gtar: This does not look like a tar archive
gtar: Skipping to next header
gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
make: *** [install] Error 2
Bill
Johannes Schindelin· Jun 19, 2007, 13:58 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Hi,
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
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> On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
> >
> >On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
> >
> >> Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
> >> route.
> >
> >Then there is a test missing in configure.
> 
> Here is the particular error:
> 
> install git '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/bin'
> make -C templates DESTDIR='' install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
> install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/'
> (cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \
> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/' && gtar xf -)
> gtar: This does not look like a tar archive
> gtar: Skipping to next header
> gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
WTF? gtar cannot read its own output?
Be that as may, this is not git error.

Ciao, Dscho

David Kastrup· Jun 19, 2007, 14:13 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
>> >
>> >On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>> >
>> >> Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
>> >> route.
>> >
>> >Then there is a test missing in configure.
>> 
>> Here is the particular error:
>> 
>> install git '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/bin'
>> make -C templates DESTDIR='' install
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
>> install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/'
>> (cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \
>> 	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/' && gtar xf -)
>> gtar: This does not look like a tar archive
>> gtar: Skipping to next header
>> gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
>> gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>
> WTF? gtar cannot read its own output?
>
> Be that as may, this is not git error.

It is possible that cd is an alias outputting the target of cd. People do those kind of things. It is also possible that the first cd fails and thus the first gtar is not run (though tar xf /dev/null is quiet here, so probably should be at the OP's site, too.).

-- 
David Kastrup
Bill Lear· Jun 19, 2007, 13:53 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
>
>You are missing libiconv.
Hmm, don't think so:

% ls -l /usr/local/lib/libiconv* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789 May 14 13:31 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 14 13:31 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so -> libiconv.so.2.4.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 14 13:31 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.2 -> libiconv.so.2.4.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1234292 May 14 13:31 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.2.4.0

Bill
Johannes Schindelin· Jun 19, 2007, 13:57 UTC · re: Bill Lear · lore

Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

Hi,
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
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> On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
> >
> >You are missing libiconv.
> 
> Hmm, don't think so:
> 
> % ls -l /usr/local/lib/libiconv*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     789 May 14 13:31 /usr/local/lib/libiconv.la

But you do! Unless you say that gcc should also look in /usr/local/lib for libraries.

Ciao, Dscho

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