"make check" error when compiling Gawk-4.1.4 (for Linux From Scratch v8.0)

Microbob · 06-10-2017, 10:46 AM

Hello,
Recently I've started working on building a Linux based OS using the book Linux From Scratch (LFS 8.0). I'm currently working on section 5.23, compiling the Gawk-4.1.4 package. So far, I've ran the

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./configure --prefix=/tools

and the

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make

without any problems. When I run the

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make check

command though, I get this error:

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- gawk: mbstr1.awk:2: warning: Invalid multibyte data detected. There may be a mismatch between your data and your locale.

. This error is repeated multiple times in the "make check" verbose, and it ultimately terminates the command:

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Makefile:1651: recipe for target 'check' failed
make[1]: *** [check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/mnt/lfs/sources/gawk-4.1.4/test'
Makefile:742: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

.

What can I do to fix this issue? I've already searched around a bit online and found another instances of this issue, but I don't understand how to use the solution given.

Thank you in advance for help on my issue!

AwesomeMachine · 06-11-2017, 03:01 PM

Hi Microbob,

Welcome to LQ!

You run make check before you run make. If make completes, you don't need make check.

Keith Hedger · 06-11-2017, 07:15 PM

no you dont you cant get the results of make check which checks taht everything is working right, before building the application/library youu are getting confused with configure which is used before make to check that the app can be built etc.

m=as the lfs book says running make check on the tempory tools ie before chapter 6 is probably not going to work, so leave the make check untill chapter 6

P.S.
to th op ask a mod to move this thread to the lfs forum you will get better help there.

AwesomeMachine · 06-11-2017, 09:35 PM

I stand corrected.

Keith Hedger · 06-12-2017, 05:40 AM

np , we all have dumb days mine come about twice a week !

hazel · 06-12-2017, 06:52 AM

Normal practice with LFS is not to run any checks in chapter 5 apart from the sanity tests for the basic glibc-binutils-gcc toolkit.

Microbob · 06-12-2017, 02:37 PM

Thank you all for your help! Here's what I'll do (and why I got from your help):

Simply ignore the "make check" and go ahead with "make install"
Consider moving this thread to the lfs forum for more input

Thank you again!