LTIB build failure on m4

[prathameshghane]

Hi,

I am getting the below error when I execute :ltib -m config command from Ubuntu-13.10 machine.

I tried manually downloading the m4 tar file and placed it in /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/SOURCES/m4-1.4.16.tar.gz location. And yes, also created md5sum file for the same.

But, still the error persists.

Can you help me in this regard?

Processing: m4
================
Build path taken because: directory build, no prebuilt rpm,
Testing network connectivity
No network download connection available

Can't get: m4-1.4.16.tar.gz at ./ltib line 802.
Can't connect to bitshrine.org:80 (Connection refused)

LWP::Protocol::http::Socket: connect: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 51.
        ...propagated at ./ltib line 1392.
traceback:
main::build_host_rpms:1392
  main::host_checks:1447
   main:554

Regards,

Prathamesh

[LeonardoSandova · Accepted solution]

I think the directory to place tarballs and its md5sums is /opt/freescale/pkgs. This path is configurable, check the ltib script ($cp variable)

[prathameshghane]

Hi Leonardo,

I checked /opt/freescale/pkgs/ folder. And as you said, m4 tarball is already present along with the checksum.

But, the error persists yet..!!

Then as per another post on the community(https://community.freescale.com/thread/299521), I tried deleting /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD//m4-1.4.16 folder manually.

Now 'm4' compilation has begun and it leaves me with the following error:

gcc -std=gnu99  -I.     -g -O2 -MT gl_avltree_oset.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/gl_avltree_oset.Tpo -c -o gl_avltree_oset.o gl_avltree_oset.c
mv -f .deps/gl_avltree_oset.Tpo .deps/gl_avltree_oset.Po
gcc -std=gnu99  -I.     -g -O2 -MT c-ctype.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/c-ctype.Tpo -c -o c-ctype.o c-ctype.c
mv -f .deps/c-ctype.Tpo .deps/c-ctype.Po
gcc -std=gnu99  -I.     -g -O2 -MT c-stack.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/c-stack.Tpo -c -o c-stack.o c-stack.c
mv -f .deps/c-stack.Tpo .deps/c-stack.Po
gcc -std=gnu99  -I.     -g -O2 -MT clean-temp.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/clean-temp.Tpo -c -o clean-temp.o clean-temp.c
In file included from clean-temp.h:22:0,
                 from clean-temp.c:23:
./stdio.h:477:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function)
_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
^
make[3]: *** [clean-temp.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/m4-1.4.16/lib'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/m4-1.4.16/lib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/freescale/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/m4-1.4.16'
make: *** [all] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /home/patni/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.38420 (%build)

RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /home/patni/ltib/tmp/rpm-tmp.38420 (%build)
Build time for m4: 26 seconds

Failed building m4
Died at ./ltib line 1392.
traceback:
main::build_host_rpms:1392
  main::host_checks:1447
   main:554

Thanks and regards,

Prathamesh

[GraceH]

You need install m4 package for ubuntu host.

sudo apt-get install m4

Grace

[prathameshghane]

It is already installed.

FYR..

dpkg -l|grep m4

ii  libxcb-icccm4:i386                        0.3.9-2                                    i386         utility libraries for X C Binding -- icccm

ii  libxpm4:i386                              1:3.5.10-1                                 i386         X11 pixmap library

ii  m4                                        1.4.16-5                                   i386         a macro processing language

And, I guess the error seems to be with the m4 code. Some compilation error..!!!

[LeonardoSandova]

Have you done what the log indicates?

_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");

Change the code and recompile.

[yenal]

having the same error with fresh installed Fedora 20 & LTIB 3.0.35_4.1.0_130816

which code in which file needs to be changed? pls help :smileysad:

edit: buildroot-kindle/package/m4/m4-1.4.16-no-gets.patch at master · twobob/buildroot-kindle · GitHub (*)

but how to recompile? "./ltib --force m4" doesnt work

edit2: okay got it :smileyhappy:

for other newbies:

1.) unpack m4-1.4.16.tar.gz in /opt/freescale/pkgs/ somewhere

2.) patch it (*)

3.) compressed it to a new m4-1.4.16.tar.gz

4.) copy it back to /opt/freescale/pkgs/

5.) checked the new md5sum

6.) change the md5sum in m4-1.4.16.tar.gz.md5

7.)  resume ...

edit3: its a pity... next error because my automake version is to "up-to-date"? (automake.noarch 1.13.4-5.fc20)

..removed autoconf & automake and installed it from source/gnu.org (autoconf 2.66, automake-1.11.6) but leads to the next error and many others :smileygrin:

...well, using ubuntu 10.04 (32bit) to build LTIB seems to be the best solution