[SOLVED] compiling coreutils

[wakatana]

Hi gurus
I am trying to compile coreutils for studying purposes. I downloaded package (exact version which target system already contains) and tried following:

./configure
make

but compiling ands with some header file dependency problem. Then I tried compile particular binary

cd src
gcc id.c -o id

also tried

export CFLAGS="-static -02 -g"
./configure
cd src
gcc -std=gnu99 -I../lib -static -O2 -g -MT uniq.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/uniq.Tpo -c -o uniq.o uniq.c

But there was also missing header files problem.

So I tried to find particular file on system and link to /usr/include location for example:

ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/com32/include/syslinux/config.h /usr/include/config.h
ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/com32/include/com32.h /usr/include/com32.h
ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/com32/include/klibc/compiler.h /usr/include/klibc/compiler.h
ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/plugin/include/system.h /usr/include/system.h
ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/plugin/include/safe-ctype.h /usr/include/safe-ctype.h
ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/plugin/include/hwint.h /usr/include/hwint.h
ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.2/plugin/include/filenames.h /usr/include/filenames.h

maybe further more header files I dont know - but the result is the same header file problem.
I tried the metioned procedure on Archbang and Fedora (on both the coreutils was the same version whih is already installed and is working properly)

Thanks a lot

[hazel]

In Linux, libraries typically come in two parts: the library proper and the development package (headers and documentation). Programs will work on your system if the necessary libraries are installed but you can't compile them form source without the corresponding development packages. Typically if the library is called libfoo, the headers will be in libfoo-dev or libfoo-devel. Install them and then build your coreutils package.

[Rubberman]

In Linux, libraries typically come in two parts: the library proper and the development package (headers and documentation). Programs will work on your system if the necessary libraries are installed but you can't compile them form source without the corresponding development packages. Typically if the library is called libfoo, the headers will be in libfoo-dev or libfoo-devel. Install them and then build your coreutils package.

Hazel, you are a woman after my heart! Unfortunately, I already have a wife (with a PhD in particle physics)...

[wakatana]

Thank you for reply

Typically if the library is called libfoo, the headers will be in libfoo-dev or libfoo-devel. Install them and then build your coreutils package.

So how to know libraries required for coreutils ? coreutils-devel or coreutils-dev did not exists, or am I using wrong repo ?

[cepido@localhost ~]$ sudo yum list coreutils
Installed Packages
coreutils.i686                        8.5-7.fc14                        @updates


[cepido@archbang ~]$ pacman -Ss coreutils
core/coreutils 8.10-1 [1.92 MB] (base) [installed]
    The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating
    system

[Rubberman]

Interesting. The coreutils package on RHEL/Fedora seems to have two parts, but neither is the -devel version. One is coreutils, and the other (installed as dependency) is cureutils-libs. In any case, creating file linkages like you did isn't the way to go. Better to add the include directive "-I header-dir" to your Makefile. That way, all #include <foo.h> in your source will find foo in the normal directories, such as /usr/include, as well as in the one you specify. You can do this for more than one header directory as well.

[wakatana]

Triet this:

ARCHBANG
[cepido@archbang ~]$ pacman -Q | grep coreutils
coreutils 8.10-1
[cepido@archbang ~]$ cd coreutils-8.10/src/
[cepido@archbang src]$ gcc -std=gnu99 -I../lib -static -O2 -g -MT uniq.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/uniq.Tpo -c -o uniq.o uniq.c
In file included from uniq.c:24:0:
system.h:49:24: fatal error: configmake.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
[cepido@archbang src]$ gcc uniq.c -o uniq
uniq.c:19:20: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.


FEDORA
[cepido@localhost /]$ yum list installed | grep core
coreutils.i686      8.5-7.fc14      @updates
coreutils-libs.i686 8.5-7.fc14      @updates
[cepido@localhost ~]$ cd coreutils-8.5/src/
[cepido@localhost src]$ gcc -std=gnu99 -I../lib -static -O2 -g -MT uniq.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/uniq.Tpo -c -o uniq.o uniq.c
uniq.c:19:20: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
[cepido@localhost src]$ gcc uniq.c -o uniq
uniq.c:19:20: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

[wakatana]

Hi people - sorry for long response
I tried that:

[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# tar -xvzf coreutils-8.5.tar.gz
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# cd coreutils-8.5
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# ./configure
long output
long output
long output
configure: WARNING: libgmp development library was not found or not usable.
configure: WARNING: GNU coreutils will be built without GMP support.
long output
long output
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# echo $0
0
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# make
long utput
long utput
long utput
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/coreutils-8.5/gnulib-tests'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/coreutils-8.5/gnulib-tests'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/coreutils-8.5/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/coreutils-8.5/gnulib-tests'
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/coreutils-8.5'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/coreutils-8.5'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/coreutils-8.5'
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# echo $?
0
[root@localhost coreutils-8.5]# src/whoami
root

Seems make works. This package has been installed since last post.

[root@localhost src]# yum list installed coreutils-debuginfo
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo
Installed Packages
coreutils-debuginfo.i686                                                    8.5-7.fc14                                                     @updates-debuginfo

Also two questions
- is it possible to compile only specific binary ? (id.c uniq.c cat.c etc) and not whole package ?
- where to find another packages that I can compile from source ? for example passwd command ?

I tried to search for passwd-0.78-1.fc14.i686 tar gz but no luck

[wakatana]

Hi guys and sorry for very long reply and for weird questions
My goal was to modify particular binary from package and compile only particular binary, because this is less time consuming than compile whole package.
Now I am able to do it: ./configure && make && cd src && change something in binary.c and compile it via make binary_name.
Thanks all for patience and sorry again for weird questions.