blfs8: first xorg package: possible failure

jr_bob_dobbs · 05-22-2017, 05:28 PM

So I finally got to a point where I could start on the xorg compile process. Fetched the first package: util-xorg. Compiled, did a su ...

Code:

bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ su -c "make install"
Password:
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bob/xc/util-macros-1.19.1'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
 /bin/mkdir -p 'ORG_PREFIX/share/aclocal'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 xorg-macros.m4 'ORG_PREFIX/share/aclocal'
 /bin/mkdir -p 'ORG_PREFIX/share/util-macros'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 INSTALL 'ORG_PREFIX/share/util-macros'
 /bin/mkdir -p 'ORG_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 xorg-macros.pc 'ORG_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig'
make  install-data-hook
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bob/xc/util-macros-1.19.1'
rm -f ORG_PREFIX/share/aclocal/xorgversion.m4
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bob/xc/util-macros-1.19.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bob/xc/util-macros-1.19.1'
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ ls /usr
bin  include  lib  libexec  local  sbin  share  src
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ ls /usr/share/pkgconfig/
mariadb.pc  udev.pc
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ ls /usr/share/util-macros
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/util-macros': No such file or directory
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ echo $XORG_PREFIX
/usr
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $ echo $XORG_CONFIG
--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-static
bob@artemis:~/xc/util-macros-1.19.1 $

So in the above, there are no files placed where they ought to be *and* the util-macros directory off of /usr/share was never created, yet the book says:

Quote:

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: $XORG_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig and $XORG_PREFIX/share/util-macros

Also note the echos in the code above that the XORG_CONFIG and XORG_PREFIX environment variables were already defined.

So it looks like something has gone wrong. Help!

Thank you.

Terry Coats · 05-22-2017, 07:54 PM

The line

/bin/mkdir -p 'ORG_PREFIX/share/aclocal'

says that you mistyped or miscopied XORG as ORG somewhere along the way.
Start there.

jr_bob_dobbs · 05-22-2017, 08:49 PM

D'oh!

Thank you.

I guess I will just have to restore from backup and try again, since I still can't find out what files the "make install" put where.

Terry Coats · 05-22-2017, 09:11 PM

If there are any they'd be in ORG_PREFIX/share.
Do an

ls ORG_PREFIX/share

and see if anything there.
I don't know what "make install-data-hook"
did but probably nothing was hurt.

jr_bob_dobbs · 05-23-2017, 05:29 PM

Thank you.

I double checked things by restoring a backup to a temporary partition and then running diff. Turns out the make install installed to a directory off of the compile directory. Which is just about exactly what you were saying. Whew!

jr_bob_dobbs · 05-23-2017, 11:07 PM

I think I figured out the cause of the problem. In the BLFS8 book, one creates that script in profile.d to set the XORG-whatever environment variables. Well, the book has one declaring XORG_PREFIX by typing a command, and then creating that script via piping stdin. I instead used a text editor. So instead of using the actual $XORG_PREFIX to define XORG_PREFIX in the file (which is rather indirect and convoluted) the text editor put $XORG_PREFIX in as a literal. D'oh!

Terry Coats · 05-23-2017, 11:42 PM

I've done that several times, copy into an editor and then save it as a file but I
haven't been bit by anything bad yet. Something to watch out for I guess.

Luridis · 05-24-2017, 10:19 PM

First, take a second look at the instructions for setting up XORG_CONFIG, I think you missed the part below, it is about half way down the page.

Quote:

If you've decided to use the standard /usr prefix, you can omit the remainder of this page and continue at util-macros-1.19.1.

Next, you should get Sudo installed. Some additional useful configure flags for it: --disable-root-sudo --enable-pie --enable-shell-sets-home --without-sendmail
If PAM or an MTA is installed, change accordingly: --with-sendmail=/usr/sbin/sendmail --with-pam

I've made scripts to make sudo work better during the build process. If you're interested, I'll post them here. They're designed for a dedicated account to build software before installing.