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Old 02-04-2003, 01:24 PM   #1
shaurz
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chapter 5 - bash won't build


I promised myself I would build an LFS system eventually, so here I am...

I am building on Slackware 8.1, with EVERY package installed. This is LFS version 4.0.

I'm on chapter 5, the first compile, bash! The error:

gcc -s -L./builtins -L./lib/readline -L./lib/readline -L./lib/glob -L./lib/tilde -L./lib/malloc -L./lib/sh -static -static -rdynamic -g -O2 -o bash shell.o eval.o y.tab.o general.o make_cmd.o print_cmd.o dispose_cmd.o execute_cmd.o variables.o copy_cmd.o error.o expr.o flags.o jobs.o subst.o hashcmd.o hashlib.o mailcheck.o trap.o input.o unwind_prot.o pathexp.o sig.o test.o version.o alias.o array.o arrayfunc.o braces.o bracecomp.o bashhist.o bashline.o list.o stringlib.o locale.o findcmd.o redir.o pcomplete.o pcomplib.o syntax.o xmalloc.o -lbuiltins -lsh -lreadline -lhistory -lcurses -lglob -ltilde -lmalloc
/usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lcurses
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [bash] Error 1
lfs@proxima:/lfs/static/bash-2.05a$

I checked out /usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld and it is a link to /usr/bin/ld. I checked that file also, and it seems to be intact.

It looks to me as this is the final command where all the object code is linked together. I checked the output and there weren't any errors beforehand so this is the only problem.

Hint?
 
Old 02-04-2003, 07:20 PM   #2
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-lcurses

ld is complaining that it can't find "-lcurses". Did you verify you have the libncurses library installed? Right above the command line to compile bash, they tell you to:

ln -s libncurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.a

Make sure libcurses.a exists, and make sure the symbolic link was made properly. If you've got all that, then check over the command you gave to compile.

Other than that, I haven't got a clue.
 
Old 02-05-2003, 12:44 AM   #3
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I got the same error message. Just update to the latest version of ncurses and you should be fine. The default version on the Slack8.1 CD doesn't seem to cut it

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Old 02-05-2003, 04:00 AM   #4
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Cheers, I'll try that out when I get home.
 
  


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