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Linux From Scratch, Book 8.1
Notes On Build Steps and Process
2017 Autumn and Winter
^ Overview
This wiki article contains notes on build steps and process detailed in Linux From Scratch book 8.1. This work spurred by Ted's finding that Robert Landley's Aboriginal Linux project is defunct and no longer developed as of spring or summer 2017. Robert had gotten a compressed and simplified Linux build framework down to seven packages, which could build all the necessary tools including themselves, to create a base Linux system. On this base system then a user could further tailor and develop custom software to fit a wide variety of use cases, including embedded system uses and cross-compiling based system uses.
In absence of a supported Aboriginal Linux, Ted here working through 'Linux From Scratch' to build a system crossed-compiled for the ARM architecture, with goal of buildng complete working Linux OS to run on RaspberryPi development boards. At same time Ted looking to build minimal system and tool chain, offering environment in which to compile and to cross-compile C and C++ programs.
Contents
- 1 ^ Overview
- 2 ^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 3
- 3 ^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 4
- 4 ^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 5
- 5 ^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 6 - Installing Basic System Software
- 5.1 ^ chapter 6.2 - preparing virtual kernel file systems
- 5.2 ^ chapter 6.4 - entering the chroot environment
- 5.3 ^ chapter 5.5 - gcc first pass
- 5.4 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.5 - create new system directories
- 5.5 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.6 - create essential files and syminks
- 5.6 ^ Uses of patch during LFS 8.1 chapter 5
- 5.7 ^ Aside: LFS 8.1 chapter 6.9 - glibc-2.26 programs and libraries
- 5.8 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.10 - adjusting toolchain, respecting new glibc
- 5.9 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.16 - binutils-2.29 requires 4.2 GB disk space!
- 5.10 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.20, gcc-7-2-.0
- 5.11 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.21
- 5.12 ^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.28, shadow-4.5 . . .
- 5.13 --- break ---
- 5.14 ^ standing as of chapter 6.32 - flex-2.6.4 . . .
- 5.15 --- break ---
- 5.16 ^ chapter 6.35 - libtool-2.4.6
- 5.17 ^ chapter 6.40 - perl-5.26.0
- 5.18 ^ chapter 6.43 - autoconf-2.69
- 5.19 ^ chapter 6.44 - automake-1.15
- 5.20 ^ chapter 6.49 e2fsprogs-1.43.5
- 5.21 ^ LFS Chapter 6.73 - cleaning up after builds and future chroot invocations
- 6 ^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 7 - System Configuration
Notes here begin with some useful, initially found links to LFS home page of Gerard Beekman et al:
Linux From Scratch project observes Linux Standard Base (LSB) requirements. These requirements include,
Cross-compiling Linux system from scratch . . .
Linux from Scratch for RaspberryPi target system . . .
Some Linux programs and utilities, services worth studying further, for better understanding of system and networking:
- grub, EFI and UEFI
- iproute, routef and routel, IPV4 routine tables
- util-linux-2.30.1 . . . chapter 6.66, lots of utilities here!
^ First mount and build steps
- 2017-90-18 MON -
LFS book release 8.1, chapter 2.4 talks about typical and "convenience" partitions which are often or sometimes created for Unix and Linux systems. Ted's notebook of LFS work past two weeks not on hand, but going from memory and cfdisk partition list which lacks labels and mount points, here are the partitions Ted created first time stepping through chapter 2:
Figure x - initial LFS 8.1 partitioning choices, using 8GB root directory:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) mount point
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdb1 Boot Primary ext4 106.93 /boot
sdb5 Logical ext4 7682.42 /
sdb6 Logical swap 1003.49 ( not applicable to swap partition )
sdb7 Logical ext4 10001.95 /home
sdb8 Logical ext4 20003.89 /opt
sdb9 Logical ext4 50001.48 /usr/src
sdb10 Logical ext4 50001.48 /var
Pri/Log Free Space 21240.29 *
Started working through LFS 8.1 book using above partitions but found __libc or glibc build step__ required beyond 8GB space during a testing phase, and so __changed the partitions__ to create a larger root partition as shown in next figure:
Figure x - LFS 8.1 exercise, partition choices draft two:
cfdisk (util-linux 2.20.1)
Disk Drive: /dev/sdb
Size: 160041885696 bytes, 160.0 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 19457
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdb1 Boot Primary ext4 106.93
sdb5 Logical ext4 18498.66
sdb6 Logical Linux 1003.49
sdb7 Logical Linux 10001.95
sdb8 Logical Linux 20003.89
sdb9 Logical Linux 50001.48
sdb10 Logical Linux 60425.52 *
[ Bootable ] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [ Maximize ] [ Print ] [ Quit ]
[ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Quit program without writing partition table
Per chapter 2.4 comments on convenience partitions, Ted not creating a partition for either /usr nor /tmp. Ted creating /opt for software which falls outside of Debian and Ubuntu package lists, such as LPCXpresso and LTSpice.
Working through LFS stable release book or instructions, at end of chapter two page titled chapter 2.7 LFS book calls for first mount of newly created system-to-be partition. Ted using ext4 type journaled file system. Somewhere in or about chapter five, further mounts of other file systems of the new system are needed. Here are key mounting steps needed to proceed with work at end of LFS book 8.1 chapter 2 and int chapter 3 and onward. These mount steps depend that environment variable $LFS set to /mnt/lfs . . .
$ # From LFS 8.1 chapter 2.7, mounting the new file system:
$ sudo mount -v -t ext4 /dev/sdb5 /mnt/lfs
$ # From LFS 8.1 chapter 6.2, preparing virtual kernel file systems:
$ sudo mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev
$ sudo mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
$ sudo mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys
$ sudo mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run
Ted noting specific mount steps as root partition at 7.7GB too small to permit chapter 6 builds. Ted learning parted disk partitioning utility in order to resize /dev/sdb5 root partition of 2017 September LFS project build. There appears to be some good notes on using a tool named resize2fs at the AskUbuntu forum page https://askubuntu.com/questions/390769/how-do-i-resize-partitions-using-command-line-without-using-a-gui-on-a-server. But neither parted for resize2fs alone were the answer, Ted uses cfdisk, e2fsck and resize2fs to achieve a partition and corresponding file system size increase.
After building first package binutils-2.29 the directory /tools holds directories and files in the following command line snippet of figure x. Bin-utils 2p29 took about 5 mins 30 seconds to build:
Figure x - looking at results of LFS first build step, building bin-utils 2.29:
lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools bin i686-lfs-linux-gnu share ted@localhost:~$ ls /tools/bin i686-lfs-linux-gnu-addr2line i686-lfs-linux-gnu-elfedit i686-lfs-linux-gnu-nm i686-lfs-linux-gnu-readelf i686-lfs-linux-gnu-ar i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gprof i686-lfs-linux-gnu-objcopy i686-lfs-linux-gnu-size i686-lfs-linux-gnu-as i686-lfs-linux-gnu-ld i686-lfs-linux-gnu-objdump i686-lfs-linux-gnu-strings i686-lfs-linux-gnu-c++filt i686-lfs-linux-gnu-ld.bfd i686-lfs-linux-gnu-ranlib i686-lfs-linux-gnu-strip lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools/share info man lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/ bin lib lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib ldscripts lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/lib/ldscripts/ elf32_x86_64.x elf32_x86_64.xdw elf32_x86_64.xsw elf_i386.xc elf_i386.xr elf_i386.xw elf_iamcu.xdc elf_iamcu.xsc i386linux.xbn elf32_x86_64.xbn elf32_x86_64.xn elf32_x86_64.xu elf_i386.xd elf_i386.xs elf_iamcu.x elf_iamcu.xdw elf_iamcu.xsw i386linux.xn elf32_x86_64.xc elf32_x86_64.xr elf32_x86_64.xw elf_i386.xdc elf_i386.xsc elf_iamcu.xbn elf_iamcu.xn elf_iamcu.xu i386linux.xr elf32_x86_64.xd elf32_x86_64.xs elf_i386.x elf_i386.xdw elf_i386.xsw elf_iamcu.xc elf_iamcu.xr elf_iamcu.xw i386linux.xu elf32_x86_64.xdc elf32_x86_64.xsc elf_i386.xbn elf_i386.xn elf_i386.xu elf_iamcu.xd elf_iamcu.xs i386linux.x lfs@localhost:~$ ls /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/bin ar as ld ld.bfd nm objcopy objdump ranlib readelf strip lfs@localhost:~$ /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/bin/ar --version GNU ar (GNU Binutils) 2.29 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) any later version. This program has absolutely no warranty. lfs@localhost:~$
^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 3
LFS Chapter 3 TOC - Package and Patches
^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 4
LFS Chapter 4 TOC - Final Preparations
^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 5
LFS Chapter 5 TOC - Constructing a Temporary System
^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 6 - Installing Basic System Software
Back in September / early October Ted set aside work on LFS book 8.1, at the end of chapter 6 and just a bit into chapter 7. Picking up the work again, there are some key steps for mounting partitions and their respective LFS 8.1 file systems detailed in chapter 6 sections 2.2 and 2.3. The table of LFS chapter 6 contents is useful also, and given here for easier reference:
^ chapter 6.2 - preparing virtual kernel file systems
Specific mount invocations mentioned in chapter 6.2. From section 6.2.2 the first mount invocation:
mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev
And from section 6.2.3 the remaining mount invocations:
mount -vt devpts devpts $LFS/dev/pts -o gid=5,mode=620 mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run
Ted's test of cut-and-paste text to permit running all five mount invocations with one text copy action . . . Ted noting the backslashes for line continuation don't work, and thinking on this syntax it makes sense that we need separate each mount invocation, as these are complete commands. Otherwise the second `mount` is parsed by the shell as an rgument to the first appearance of `mount` . . .
mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev ;\ mount -vt devpts devpts $LFS/dev/pts -o gid=5,mode=620 ;\ mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc ;\ mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys ;\ mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run
^ chapter 6.4 - entering the chroot environment
Taken directly from the chapter:
chroot "$LFS" /tools/bin/env -i \
HOME=/root \
TERM="$TERM" \
PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/tools/bin \
/tools/bin/bash --login +h
^ chapter 5.5 - gcc first pass
Chapter 5.5, building gcc first pass, took about sixty three (63) minutes:
. . . make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/libgcc' make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/libgcc' make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build' real 63m2.166s user 53m41.453s sys 3m11.888s lfs@localhost:/mnt/lfs/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build$
Time to build glibc:
. . . -lgcc `i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc --print-file-name=crtend.o` /mnt/lfs/sources/glibc-2.26/build/csu/crtn.o make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/glibc-2.26/elf' make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/glibc-2.26' real 41m19.981s user 32m31.794s sys 5m49.582s lfs@localhost:/mnt/lfs/sources/glibc-2.26/build$
Linux From Scratch chapter 5 has thirty seven sections. There was not a pressing need or a lot of details Ted found worth noting in most of these sections, the majority of which are dedicated to packages built in the first package building phase of LFS target system creation. These packages are all built as the user 'lfs', and with the environment variable $LFS set, in our case Ted's case, to /mnt/lfs.
An important instruction to follow from the last section of chapter 5, section 5.37:
" Note The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. Also, double check that $LFS is set in root's environment."
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.5 - create new system directories
Some captured terminal work, following steps in LFS 8.1 book, chapter 6.5:
Figure x - creating some of first directories in new LFS system, following chroot . . .
I have no name!:/# ls
dev lost+found proc run sources sys tools
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /{bin,boot,etc/{opt,sysconfig},home,lib/firmware,mnt,opt}
mkdir: created directory '/bin'
mkdir: created directory '/boot'
mkdir: created directory '/etc'
mkdir: created directory '/etc/opt'
mkdir: created directory '/etc/sysconfig'
mkdir: created directory '/home'
mkdir: created directory '/lib'
mkdir: created directory '/lib/firmware'
mkdir: created directory '/mnt'
mkdir: created directory '/opt'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /{media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,var}
mkdir: created directory '/media'
mkdir: created directory '/media/floppy'
mkdir: created directory '/media/cdrom'
mkdir: created directory '/sbin'
mkdir: created directory '/srv'
mkdir: created directory '/var'
I have no name!:/# install -dv -m 0750 /root
install: creating directory '/root'
I have no name!:/# install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
install: creating directory '/tmp'
install: creating directory '/var/tmp'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /usr/{,local}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
mkdir: created directory '/usr'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/bin'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/include'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/lib'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/sbin'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/src'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/localbin'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/localinclude'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/locallib'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/localsbin'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/localsrc'
I have no name!:/#
LFS 8.1 book explains that the "I have no name!" results from there not yet being a /etc/passwd file in the new LFS system. Continuing the terminal capture to illustrate bash shell's pattern expansion from curly braced text:
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{color,dict,doc,info,locale,man}
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/color'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/dict'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/doc'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/info'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/locale'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/color'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/dict'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/doc'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/info'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/locale'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -v /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/misc'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/terminfo'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/zoneinfo'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/misc'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/terminfo'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/zoneinfo'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -v /usr/libexec
mkdir: created directory '/usr/libexec'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man1'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man2'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man3'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man4'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man5'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man6'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man7'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/share/man/man8'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man1'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man2'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man3'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man4'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man5'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man6'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man7'
mkdir: created directory '/usr/local/share/man/man8'
I have no name!:/#
I have no name!:/# mkdir -v /var/{log,mail,spool}
mkdir: created directory '/var/log'
mkdir: created directory '/var/mail'
mkdir: created directory '/var/spool'
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /run /var/run
'/var/run' -> '/run'
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /run/lock /var/lock
'/var/lock' -> '/run/lock'
I have no name!:/# mkdir -pv /var/{opt,cache,lib/{color,misc,locate},local}
mkdir: created directory '/var/opt'
mkdir: created directory '/var/cache'
mkdir: created directory '/var/lib'
mkdir: created directory '/var/lib/color'
mkdir: created directory '/var/lib/misc'
mkdir: created directory '/var/lib/locate'
mkdir: created directory '/var/local'
I have no name!:/#
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.6 - create essential files and syminks
The purpose of the following symbolic links are explained in LFS 8.1 book chapter 6.6:
I have no name!:/# # LFS book 8.1, chapter 6.6 . . .
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,dd,echo,ln,pwd,rm,stty} /bin
'/bin/bash' -> '/tools/bin/bash'
'/bin/cat' -> '/tools/bin/cat'
'/bin/dd' -> '/tools/bin/dd'
'/bin/echo' -> '/tools/bin/echo'
'/bin/ln' -> '/tools/bin/ln'
'/bin/pwd' -> '/tools/bin/pwd'
'/bin/rm' -> '/tools/bin/rm'
'/bin/stty' -> '/tools/bin/stty'
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /tools/bin/{install,perl} /usr/bin
'/usr/bin/install' -> '/tools/bin/install'
'/usr/bin/perl' -> '/tools/bin/perl'
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
'/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so' -> '/tools/lib/libgcc_s.so'
'/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1' -> '/tools/lib/libgcc_s.so.1'
I have no name!:/# ln -sv /tools/lib/libstdc++.{a,so{,.6}} /usr/lib
'/usr/lib/libstdc++.a' -> '/tools/lib/libstdc++.a'
'/usr/lib/libstdc++.so' -> '/tools/lib/libstdc++.so'
'/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6' -> '/tools/lib/libstdc++.so.6'
I have no name!:/# sed 's/tools/usr/' /tools/lib/libstdc++.la > /usr/lib/libstdc++.la
I have no name!:/# ln -sv bash /bin/sh
'/bin/sh' -> 'bash'
I have no name!:/#
^ Uses of patch during LFS 8.1 chapter 5
Ted noting that as of 2017 later summer, among the Linux From Scratch 8.1 packages there are six which download with associated patch files. These patches are important to apply after un-archiving given package, and before preparing to compile given package:
root:/sources# # Working in LFS 8.1 chapter 6.22, Installation of Pkg-config root:/sources# ls *.patch bash-4.4-upstream_fixes-1.patch coreutils-8.27-i18n-1.patch kbd-2.0.4-backspace-1.patch bzip2-1.0.6-install_docs-1.patch glibc-2.26-fhs-1.patch sysvinit-2.88dsf-consolidated-1.patch root:/sources#
Uses of patch during LFS 8.1 chapter 5 system build steps:
lfs@localhost:/mnt/lfs$ history | grep patch 31 ls *patch 36 vi glibc-2.26-fhs-1.patch 45 patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-2.26-fhs-1.patch 194 history | grep patch 195 patch -Np1 -i ../bash-4.4-upstream_fixes-1.patch 218 history | grep patch 219 patch -Np1 -i ../bzip2-1.0.6-install_docs-1.patch 228 patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-8.27-i18n-1.patch 364 unxz patch-2.7.5.tar.xz 365 tar xvf patch-2.7.5.tar 367 cd patch-2.7.5 373 mv patch-2.7.5 z--set-aside/ 501 history | grep patch lfs@localhost:/mnt/lfs$
^ Aside: LFS 8.1 chapter 6.9 - glibc-2.26 programs and libraries
Really interesting section of the LFS 8.1 book here, chapter 6.9, which describes some of the utilities which come with GNU C library project. Quoting this book these utilities include "catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd, pldd, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, zdump, and zic".
Here is a snippet of last lines of `make check` on glibc-2.26 package:
scripts/merge-test-results.sh -t /sources/glibc-2.26/build/ subdir-tests.sum \
. argp assert catgets conform crypt csu ctype debug dirent dlfcn elf gmon gnulib grp gshadow hesiod iconv iconvdata inet intl io libidn libio locale localedata login malloc manual math mathvec misc nis nptl nptl_db nscd nss po posix pwd resolv resource rt setjmp shadow signal socket stdio-common stdlib streams string sunrpc support sysvipc termios time timezone wcsmbs wctype \
> /sources/glibc-2.26/build/tests.sum
XPASS: elf/tst-protected1a
XPASS: elf/tst-protected1b
UNSUPPORTED: io/tst-open-tmpfile
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-cond-printers
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-condattr-printers
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-mutex-printers
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-mutexattr-printers
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-rwlock-printers
UNSUPPORTED: nptl/test-rwlockattr-printers
FAIL: posix/tst-getaddrinfo4
FAIL: posix/tst-getaddrinfo5
UNSUPPORTED: stdlib/tst-getrandom
Summary of test results:
2 FAIL
4108 PASS
8 UNSUPPORTED
29 XFAIL
2 XPASS
make[1]: *** [Makefile:304: tests] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/glibc-2.26'
make: *** [Makefile:9: check] Error 2
real 116m41.448s
user 72m16.311s
sys 21m0.223s
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.10 - adjusting toolchain, respecting new glibc
Chapter 6.10 -
root:/sources/glibc-2.26/build# mv -v /tools/bin/{ld,ld-old}
'/tools/bin/ld' -> '/tools/bin/ld-old'
root:/sources/glibc-2.26/build# mv -v /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/{ld,ld-old}
'/tools/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld' -> '/tools/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld-old'
root:/sources/glibc-2.26/build# mv -v /tools/bin/{ld-new,ld}
'/tools/bin/ld-new' -> '/tools/bin/ld'
root:/sources/glibc-2.26/build# ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld
'/tools/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld' -> '/tools/bin/ld'
root:/sources/glibc-2.26/build#
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.16 - binutils-2.29 requires 4.2 GB disk space!
Ok we've run into a too small partition for our root LFS file system. 7.6GB was not sufficient, though in an early chapter (chapter 2 or 3 of the LFS 8.1 book) Ted recalls there being word that a partition between five (5) and ten (10) GB would typically be sufficient to compile and install all Linux From Scratch programs. Ted now looking to re-partitioning software options under Linux . . .
Ok, got the partition resized, and then the file system on the root LFS partition resized too. Took a few notes and command line captures, which are in the wiki page titled Resize partition and file system.
Moving on and building binutils-2.29, found two tests to fail during the mandatory `make -k check` step. Failures noted here in case there are problems in later steps of the LFS 8.1 system build process:
make check-TESTS make[5]: Entering directory '/sources/binutils-2.29/build/gold/testsuite' make[6]: Entering directory '/sources/binutils-2.29/build/gold/testsuite' PASS: incremental_test.sh PASS: gc_comdat_test.sh PASS: gc_tls_test.sh PASS: gc_orphan_section_test.sh PASS: pr14265.sh PASS: pr20717.sh PASS: gc_dynamic_list_test.sh PASS: icf_test.sh PASS: icf_keep_unique_test.sh PASS: icf_safe_test.sh PASS: icf_safe_pie_test.sh FAIL: icf_safe_so_test.sh PASS: final_layout.sh PASS: text_section_grouping.sh PASS: section_sorting_name.sh PASS: icf_preemptible_functions_test.sh PASS: icf_string_merge_test.sh PASS: icf_sht_rel_addend_test.sh PASS: merge_string_literals.sh PASS: eh_test_2.sh PASS: two_file_shared.sh PASS: weak_plt.sh PASS: copy_test_protected.sh PASS: tls_pie_test.sh PASS: i386_mov_to_lea.sh PASS: file_in_many_sections_test.sh FAIL: debug_msg.sh
Ted noting that the second failure is noted in LFS 8.1 as a known failure, and doesn't break the overall process or target system building.
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.20, gcc-7-2-.0
Ted noting that after compiling gcc using the new LFS tools from chapter 5, a check that the new gcc of chapter 6 sees correct header files gives slightly lesser results than what's in chapter 6.20. The book and chapter say to expect,
#include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.2.0/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.2.0/include-fixed /usr/include
But on our i686 host Ted obtains from the same post-gcc-build test:
root:/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build# grep -B4 '^ /usr/include' dummy.log #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/7.2.0/include /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/7.2.0/include-fixed /usr/include root:/sources/gcc-7.2.0/build#
We're missing /usr/local/include among gcc's search paths. Not sure why, nor whether this is a deal breaker going forward with the LFS 8.1 build - TMH
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.21
To better understand Posix regular expressions, Ted to return and look at differences between old and amended versions of bzip2 makefile here in LFS 8.1 chapter 6.21 . . .
root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# patch -Np1 -i ../bzip2-1.0.6-install_docs-1.patch patching file Makefile root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# sed -i 's@\(ln -s -f \)$(PREFIX)/bin/@\1@' Makefile root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# cp Makefile makefile-before root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# sed -i "s@(PREFIX)/man@(PREFIX)/share/man@g" Makefile root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# diff makefile-before Makefile Makefile Makefile-libbz2_so root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6# diff makefile-before Makefile 75,76c75,76 < if ( test ! -d $(PREFIX)/man ) ; then mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/man ; fi < if ( test ! -d $(PREFIX)/man/man1 ) ; then mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/man/man1 ; fi --- > if ( test ! -d $(PREFIX)/share/man ) ; then mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/share/man ; fi > if ( test ! -d $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 ) ; then mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 ; fi 87,88c87,88 < cp -f bzip2.1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1 < chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzip2.1 --- > cp -f bzip2.1 $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 > chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzip2.1 103,110c103,110 < cp -f bzgrep.1 bzmore.1 bzdiff.1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1 < chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzgrep.1 < chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzmore.1 < chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzdiff.1 < echo ".so man1/bzgrep.1" > $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzegrep.1 < echo ".so man1/bzgrep.1" > $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzfgrep.1 < echo ".so man1/bzmore.1" > $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzless.1 < echo ".so man1/bzdiff.1" > $(PREFIX)/man/man1/bzcmp.1 --- > cp -f bzgrep.1 bzmore.1 bzdiff.1 $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 > chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzgrep.1 > chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzmore.1 > chmod a+r $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzdiff.1 > echo ".so man1/bzgrep.1" > $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzegrep.1 > echo ".so man1/bzgrep.1" > $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzfgrep.1 > echo ".so man1/bzmore.1" > $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzless.1 > echo ".so man1/bzdiff.1" > $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/bzcmp.1 root:/sources/bzip2-1.0.6#
^ LFS 8.1 chapter 6.28, shadow-4.5 . . .
Some notes on configuring shadow-4.5. The following snippet is a summary report from running `./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --with-group-name-max-length=32 --with-libcrack` in the shadow-4.5 sources directory:
config.status: executing po-directories commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile
shadow will be compiled with the following features:
auditing support: no
CrackLib support: yes
PAM support: no
SELinux support: no
ACL support: yes
Extended Attributes support: yes
tcb support (incomplete): no
shadow group support: yes
S/Key support: no
SHA passwords encryption: yes
nscd support: yes
subordinate IDs support: yes
root:/sources/shadow-4.5#
--- break ---
^ standing as of chapter 6.32 - flex-2.6.4 . . .
2017-10-04 - Ted noting that there are mixed ownerships on the most recently installed packages of the LFS build underway and documented here . . .
root@localhost:/mnt/lfs/sources/z--set-aside# ls -l total 92 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Sep 29 11:04 acl-2.2.52 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Sep 29 10:18 attr-2.4.47 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Sep 27 14:53 binutils-2.29 drwxr-xr-x 14 505 dialout 4096 Sep 29 14:03 bison-3.0.4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 29 09:37 bzip2-1.0.6 drwxrwxr-x 9 500 500 4096 Sep 29 13:16 cracklib-2.9.6 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Sep 22 13:08 file-5.31 drwxrwxr-x 11 veris veris 4096 Sep 29 14:09 flex-2.6.4 drwxrwxr-x 70 root root 4096 Sep 22 10:48 glibc-2.26 drwxr-xr-x 16 lfs root 4096 Sep 28 07:10 gmp-6.1.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 29 13:58 iana-etc-2.30 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 29 11:07 libcap-2.25 drwxrwxr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 22 13:15 m4-1.4.18 drwxr-xr-x 11 veris veris 4096 Jul 13 22:28 man-pages-4.12 drwxr-xr-x 6 lfs lfs 4096 Sep 28 07:36 mpc-1.0.3 drwxr-xr-x 9 veris veris 4096 Sep 28 07:26 mpfr-3.1.5 drwxr-xr-x 17 lfs 999 4096 Sep 29 10:12 ncurses-6.0 drwxrwxr-x 6 veris veris 4096 Sep 29 10:02 pkg-config-0.29.2 drwxr-xr-x 8 veris veris 4096 Sep 29 13:56 psmisc-23.1 drwxrwxr-x 6 286 dialout 4096 Sep 22 13:10 readline-7.0 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 29 11:19 sed-4.4 drwxrwxr-x 10 veris veris 4096 Sep 29 13:28 shadow-4.5 drwxr-xr-x 14 501 dialout 4096 Sep 22 13:06 zlib-1.2.11 root@localhost:/mnt/lfs/sources/z--set-aside#
Was simply looking for latest package compiled and installed, following LFS book 8.1. But instead found permissions to differ. Perhaps some of the installed packages reflect those originally downloaded by the 'lfs' user. For some reason it was necessary to download some packages again after remounting the LFS partition and resuming work following a power-down event over two days' time . . .
--- break ---
^ chapter 6.35 - libtool-2.4.6
Tail end of results from building libtool-2.4.6:
. . . sysroot tests 166: -L=.../lib -l skipped (sysroot.at:203) 167: -L SYSROOT/.../lib -l skipped (sysroot.at:204) 168: SYSROOT/.../*.la skipped (sysroot.at:205) Libtool stress test. 169: Link option thorough search test ok 170: Run tests with low max_cmd_len ok ## ------------- ## ## Test results. ## ## ------------- ## ERROR: 140 tests were run, 65 failed (60 expected failures). 30 tests were skipped. ## -------------------------- ## ## testsuite.log was created. ## ## -------------------------- ## Please send `tests/testsuite.log' and all information you think might help: To: <bug-libtool@gnu.org> Subject: [GNU Libtool 2.4.6] testsuite: 123 124 125 126 130 failed You may investigate any problem if you feel able to do so, in which case the test suite provides a good starting point. Its output may be found below `tests/testsuite.dir'. make[3]: *** [Makefile:2459: check-local] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory '/sources/libtool-2.4.6' make[2]: *** [Makefile:1897: check-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/sources/libtool-2.4.6' make[1]: *** [Makefile:1606: check-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/libtool-2.4.6' make: *** [Makefile:1899: check] Error 2 root:/sources/libtool-2.4.6#
^ chapter 6.40 - perl-5.26.0
Tail output from running `make -k test` on perl-5.26.0:
lib/utf8 ....................................................... ok
lib/vars ....................................................... ok
lib/vars_carp .................................................. ok
lib/vmsish ..................................................... ok
lib/warnings ................................................... ok
Failed 9 tests out of 2452, 99.63% okay.
../cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/t/01version.t
../cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/t/02zlib.t
../cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/t/18lvalue.t
../cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib/t/19nonpv.t
../cpan/IO-Compress/t/cz-01version.t
../cpan/IO-Compress/t/cz-03zlib-v1.t
../cpan/IO-Compress/t/cz-06gzsetp.t
../cpan/IO-Compress/t/cz-08encoding.t
../cpan/IO-Compress/t/cz-14gzopen.t
### Since not all tests were successful, you may want to run some of
### them individually and examine any diagnostic messages they produce.
### See the INSTALL document's section on "make test".
### You have a good chance to get more information by running
### ./perl harness
### in the 't' directory since most (>=80%) of the tests succeeded.
### You may have to set your dynamic library search path,
### LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to point to the build directory:
### setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH `pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; cd t; ./perl harness
### LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH; cd t; ./perl harness
### export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; cd t; ./perl harness
### for csh-style shells, like tcsh; or for traditional/modern
### Bourne-style shells, like bash, ksh, and zsh, respectively.
Elapsed: 2050 sec
u=48.13 s=8.22 cu=1549.23 cs=94.46 scripts=2452 tests=1243855
make: *** [makefile:792: test] Error 1
real 34m40.210s
user 27m2.669s
sys 1m45.343s
root:/sources/perl-5.26.0#
^ chapter 6.43 - autoconf-2.69
<bv /> Tail end of output from running `make check` on autoconf-2.69 project build:
. . . 500: AC_HAVE_LIBRARY ok Compatibility with other tools. 501: Libtool FAILED (foreign.at:61) 502: shtool ok Autoscan. 503: autoscan FAILED (autoscan.at:44) ## ------------- ## ## Test results. ## ## ------------- ## ERROR: 450 tests were run, 6 failed (4 expected failures). 53 tests were skipped. ## -------------------------- ## ## testsuite.log was created. ## ## -------------------------- ## Please send `tests/testsuite.log' and all information you think might help: To: <bug-autoconf@gnu.org> Subject: [GNU Autoconf 2.69] testsuite: 501 503 failed You may investigate any problem if you feel able to do so, in which case the test suite provides a good starting point. Its output may be found below `tests/testsuite.dir'. make[3]: *** [Makefile:596: check-local] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory '/sources/autoconf-2.69/tests' make[2]: *** [Makefile:411: check-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/sources/autoconf-2.69/tests' make[1]: *** [Makefile:357: check-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/autoconf-2.69' make: *** [Makefile:665: check] Error 2 real 25m15.337s user 12m47.136s sys 2m59.419s root:/sources/autoconf-2.69#
^ chapter 6.44 - automake-1.15
Tail of test results testing automake-1.15:
. . . PASS: t/depcomp-lt-auto.tap 80 - [absolute VPATH, nostatic] simple make PASS: t/depcomp-lt-auto.tap 81 - [absolute VPATH, nostatic] clean & rebuild PASS: t/depcomp-lt-auto.tap 82 - [absolute VPATH, nostatic] generated Plo files look correct PASS: t/depcomp-lt-auto.tap 83 - [absolute VPATH, nostatic] dependency tracking works PASS: t/depcomp-lt-auto.tap 84 - [absolute VPATH, nostatic] make distclean ============================================================================ Testsuite summary for GNU Automake 1.15.1 ============================================================================ # TOTAL: 2901 # PASS: 2704 # SKIP: 154 # XFAIL: 41 # FAIL: 2 # XPASS: 0 # ERROR: 0 ============================================================================ See ./test-suite.log Please report to bug-automake@gnu.org ============================================================================ make[2]: *** [Makefile:3029: test-suite.log] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/sources/automake-1.15.1' make[1]: *** [Makefile:3137: check-TESTS] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/automake-1.15.1' make: *** [Makefile:3368: check-am] Error 2 real 116m14.466s user 103m28.428s sys 18m55.411s root:/sources/automake-1.15.1#
^ chapter 6.49 e2fsprogs-1.43.5
Three tests failing in just-built e2fsprogs . . .
. . . m_offset: mke2fs with offset option (-E offset=N): ok f_invalid_bad_inode: check for bogus bad inode: ok f_h_badnode: hash directory with bad HTREE nodes: ok 337 tests succeeded 3 tests failed Tests failed: f_del_dup_quota f_quota f_quota_extent_opt make[1]: *** [Makefile:367: test_post] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/e2fsprogs-1.43.5/build/tests' make: *** [Makefile:394: check-recursive] Error 1 root:/sources/e2fsprogs-1.43.5/build#
.....
^ LFS Chapter 6.73 - cleaning up after builds and future chroot invocations
chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \
HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \
/bin/bash --login
^ Linux From Scratch - Chapter 7 - System Configuration
Picking up LFS 8.1 project after reboot, here at start of chapter seven. Must re-mount the LFS root file system, and four file systems under the root mount point at /mnt/lfs. Also must chroot (change root directory for present user) as a prerequisite for carrying out chapter seven configurations. Chroot invocation is given in LFS book 8.1 section 6.73 and is repeated here,
chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \
HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \
/bin/bash --login
LFS book 8.1 chapter 7 table of contents here:
^ LFS chapter 7.3
Here is an important quote and comment from Linux From Scratch book, regarding kernel and udev naming of detected peripherals and devices:
"You should not rely upon the kernel device names being stable. Instead, create your own rules that make symlinks with stable names based on some stable attributes of the device, such as a serial number or the output of various *_id utilities installed by Udev."
^ LFS chapter 7.4 - managing devices
Following excerpt of LFS build session shows when last udev rules were created, those other than the role whose name begins with '70-':
root:/lib/udev# bash ./init-net-rules.sh root:/lib/udev# ls /etc/udev/rules.d 55-lfs.rules 70-persistent-net.rules 81-cdrom.rules 83-cdrom-symlinks.rules root:/lib/udev# ls -lt /etc/udev/rules.d total 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Nov 21 20:55 70-persistent-net.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525 Oct 5 15:07 55-lfs.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204 Oct 5 15:07 81-cdrom.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 551 Oct 5 15:07 83-cdrom-symlinks.rules root:/lib/udev#
^ LFS chapter 7.5 - no notes yet
^ LFS chapter 7.6 - run levels and init script, udev, module loading
This chapter describes:
- Unix / Linux run levels 0 through 6
- Udev bootscripts
- modules loading
^ next LFS chapter . . .
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