Re: ctfconvert again

On 01/14/13 19:21, Steven Hartland wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Mitchell"
> <george+freebsd_at_m5p.com>
> To: <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:57 PM
> Subject: ctfconvert again
>
>
>> So I updated my FreeBSD machine to 9.1-RELEASE in the hope of getting
>> past the ctfconvert problem that causes a build of 10-CURRENT to say:
>>
>> ERROR: ctfconvert: failed to initialize DWARF: Unimplemented code at
>> [dwarf_init_attr(400)]
>>
>> while compiling every kernel source file.  Then I checked out head as
>> of 245422 into a different partition and tried "make buildworld" (ran
>> okay) and "make buildkernel" (failed with the same error as before).
>>
>> Do I have to build an early version of head before I can build the
>> current version of head?                          -- George Mitchell
>
> I believe the location of ctfconvert which is used is broken so unless
> your system has a version of ctfconvert which includes the attr fix
> you will always get this :(
>
> The reason I believe this is:-
> make buildenv
> Entering world for amd64:amd64
> # which ctfconvert
> /usr/bin/ctfconvert
> # which cc
> /usr/obj/usr/home/smh/freebsd/base/head/tmp/usr/bin/cc
>
> So where I believe ctfconvert should be being picked up from the
> toolchain its not.
>
> I've had a quick dig in the Makefile's but I don't know them well at
> all and so couldn't find an easy fix :(
>
> The workaround I'm using is:
> make -DNO_CTF buildkernel

Works like a charm; thanks!                 -- George Mitchell

>
> If someone who better knows the make system could suggest a patch
> so that ctfconvert (and potentially other tools) are build and
> detected in the toolchain that would be most appreciated.
>
>     Regards
>     Steve
>
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