Re: /usr/bin/tar creates invalid lib file (was: Re: /usr/bin/strip: File format not recognized)

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:04:29 -0700
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Boris Samorodov <bsam_at_passap.ru> wrote:
> On 24.03.2012 01:29, Dimitry Andric wrote:
>>
>> On 2012-03-23 21:12, Boris Samorodov wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure but it seems to me that the question is more about
>>> -current that -ports.
>>>
>>> While updating devel/nspr I get this:
>>
>> ...
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/strip: /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1: File format not recognized
>>
>>
>> It builds and installs fine here, both on i386 and amd64, using both gcc
>> and clang.
>>
>> What is the output of: "file /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1" on your
>> system?
>
>
> I've done some steps to diagnose the case. Seems that /usr/bin/tar
> does not create correct library:
> -----
> % file
> /usr/ports/devel/nspr/work/nspr-4.9/mozilla/nsprpub/build/dist/lib/../../pr/src/./libnspr4.so.1
> /usr/ports/devel/nspr/work/nspr-4.9/mozilla/nsprpub/build/dist/lib/../../pr/src/./libnspr4.so.1:
> ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically
> linked, not stripped
> % file /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1
> /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1: data
> % hd -C /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1
> 00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> |................|
> 00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> |................|
> *
> % tar --version
> bsdtar 3.0.3 - libarchive 3.0.3
> -----
>
> The library (/usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so.1) is created by the command:
> -----
> /usr/bin/tar -C
> /usr/ports/devel/nspr/work/nspr-4.9/mozilla/nsprpub/build/dist/lib
> --dereference -cf - . |  /usr/bin/tar -C /usr/local/lib -xof -

    All that does is shuffle around files; it doesn't make any libraries.
    The question I'd have is are there multiple instances running in
parallel, or not?
Thanks,
-Garrett
Received on Sat Mar 24 2012 - 14:04:36 UTC

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