Compiling Erlang under Slack 12.1?

lstamm · 05-27-2008, 04:26 PM

I've been trying to compile erlang-otp under Slackware 12.1 for the past couple of days. I've tried with otp_src_R11B-5.tar.gz and the Slack12 SlackBuild from rworkman, and tried src2pkg with otp_src_R11B-4.tar.gz and otp_src_R12B-2.tar.gz. I've also tried compiling manually with ./configure, make, make install, with no configure options set or with various combinations of --disable-threads, disable-smp-support, and disable-hipe. The configure script seems to run without errors, but the compile always exits out with the following error (or something similar):

Code:

obj/i686-pc-linux-gnu/opt/hybrid/hipe_x86_signal.o: In function `my_sigaction':
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:220: undefined reference to `INIT'
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:230: undefined reference to `__next_sigaction'
obj/i686-pc-linux-gnu/opt/hybrid/hipe_x86_signal.o: In function `hipe_signal_init':
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:305: undefined reference to `INIT'
obj/i686-pc-linux-gnu/opt/hybrid/hipe_x86_signal.o: In function `my_sigaction':
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:220: undefined reference to `INIT'
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:230: undefined reference to `__next_sigaction'
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:220: undefined reference to `INIT'
/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator/hipe/hipe_x86_signal.c:230: undefined reference to `__next_sigaction'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/beam.hybrid] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator'
make[2]: *** [opt] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts/emulator'
make[1]: *** [hybrid] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/otp_src_R11B-5/erts'
make: *** [emulator] Error 2

It's always in the emulator section that the build craps out.

I've seen statements on the web to the effect that erlang won't compile on slack 12.1, and am wondering if this is really true? If so, what is the work around to get erlang to build on slack 12.1?

T3slider · 05-27-2008, 05:13 PM

It compiled perfectly on my 12.1 box with the following ./configure line:

Code:

CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686" \
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686" \
./configure \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --infodir=/usr/info \
  --mandir=/usr/man \
  --build=i486-slackware-linux

Note that I also followed the README file and did `LANG=C; export LANG` before issuing the configure line. A SlackBuild could easily be rigged up. It should be noted that I do NOT have jdk or unixODBC installed, so I don't know if those are creating trouble for you if you DO have them installed. I'm not 100% sure if the DESTDIR variable is supported, so I didn't give it a go -- but a nice SlackBuild could still be rigged up, or src2pkg told what to do.

Alien Bob · 05-27-2008, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T3slider

It compiled perfectly on my 12.1 box

I guess that will have been using otp_src_R12B-2.tar.gz ? The version otp_src_R11B-4.tar.gz would need a patch to build successfully on Slackware 12.1 as far as I can see.

Eric

T3slider · 05-27-2008, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

I guess that will have been using otp_src_R12B-2.tar.gz ? The version otp_src_R11B-4.tar.gz would need a patch to build successfully on Slackware 12.1 as far as I can see.

Oops, correct you are. I just grabbed the newest sources I saw and tried. I should have specified that.