Problem with tzselect in step 6.9.1

peeples · 03-01-2010, 10:44 PM

I compiled glibc with optimization -march=athlon-xp, and it bombed out. So, I tried it with the written compiler flags and everything SEEMED to go OK, but, when I ran tzselect, I get this:

/usr/bin/tzselect: command substitution: line 66: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
/usr/bin/tzselect: command substitution: line 66: `echo 1 | (select x in x; do break; done) 2>/dev/null)'
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa
2) Americas
3) Antarctica
4) Arctic Ocean
5) Asia
6) Atlantic Ocean
7) Australia
8) Europe
9) Indian Ocean
10) Pacific Ocean
11) none - I want to specify the time zone using the Posix TZ format.
#? 11
/usr/bin/tzselect: command substitution: line 103: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
/usr/bin/tzselect: command substitution: line 103: `expr "$continent" : '$[^ ]*$')'

You can make this change permanent for yourself by appending the line
TZ=''; export TZ
to the file '.profile' in your home directory; then log out and log in again.

Here is that TZ value again, this time on standard output so that you
can use the /usr/bin/tzselect command in shell scripts:

Can anyone point me in the right direction on this? TIA

crts · 03-02-2010, 04:23 AM

After the first failed compilation, did you start over with a fresh untarred source? Did you recreate the build-directory? And which LFS-version are you using?
Which host are you using?

peeples · 03-02-2010, 08:04 AM

I emptied the build directory, didn't even think about fresh sources. I'll try that tonight. Since I'm already in the chroot environment, what difference does the host make? Just asking...(I'm using Ubuntu) Oh, and I'm building LFS6.5

crts · 03-02-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peeples

I emptied the build directory, didn't even think about fresh sources. I'll try that tonight. Since I'm already in the chroot environment, what difference does the host make? Just asking...(I'm using Ubuntu) Oh, and I'm building LFS6.5

Not sure if the source directory stays completely untouched just because we use a build directory. As a matter of principle I always start with a fresh source if anything goes wrong.

As for the host issue, from what I have read so far Ubuntu is problematic as host. But if you successfully build your toolchain without errors it might be OK, I guess. Let me know if you succeed building your LFS with Ubuntu as host.