[Clfs-support] error in cross binutils

[Joe Ciccone]

Reimundo Heluani wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 20:22 -0700, Reimundo Heluani wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 19:59 -0700, Reimundo Heluani wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi there, trying to compile binutils in chapter 5.12 of
>>> SVN-20091010-x86_64-Multilib make fails with
>>>
>>> ...
>>> ...
>>> ar.o: In function `main':
>>> /media/clfs/sources/binutils-build/binutils/../../binutils-2.19.51/binutils/ar.c:370: multiple definition of `main'
>>> arlex.o:/media/clfs/sources/binutils-build/binutils/arlex.c:1: first
>>> defined here
>>> arparse.o: In function `printf':
>>> /usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:105 undefined reference to `linenumber'
>>> arparse.o: In function `yyparse':
>>> /media/clfs/sources/binutils-build/binutils/arparse.c:1365 undefined
>>> reference to `yylex'
>>> arparse.o: In function `printf':
>>> /usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:105 undefined reference to `linenumber'
>>> /usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:105 undefined reference to `linenumber'
>>> collect2:ld returned 1 exit status
>>> make[4]: *** [ar] Error 1
>>> make[4]: Leaving directory `/media/clfs/sources/binutils-build/binutils'
>>> ...
>>> ...
>>>       
>> I read in an old LFS thread that it could be lack of Flex in the host 
>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2005-October/028633.html
>>
>> Flex is not listed in the book as a requirement, but I'll try adding it
>> (it's a pain as I need to remaster a DVD each time I need to add
>> something to this host).
>>     
>
> Flex is not needed, but I couldn't compile 2.19.51 hosted by clfs. I
> didn't have any problems compiling the latest 2.19.1 from the GNU site
> and applying all the upstream patches. I think someone posted a ticket
> about this problem on CLFS without any information a couple of weeks
> ago. 
>
>   
You're right, flex is not needed, but Bison and its corresponding
development packages are.