Coreutils' Build Fails After Linking rm.exe

[L Anderson <lowella@member.fsf.org>]

I'm trying to build coreutils and I've run into a problem that has me
puzzled. I'd greatly appreciate any ideas or pointers on what might be
causing the problem and steps I could take to figure it out.  The
problem is repeatable, stopping at the exact same place.

I'm running 'XpProSp3', 'cygcheck -c' shows all OK.

1st--I used setup to install 'coreutils-8.10-1' source and placed the
files in '/usr/src/coreutils-8.10-1'

2nd--From that directory, I did 'cygport coreutils-8.10-1 prep', which
completed successfully.

3rd--I ran 'cygport coreutils-8.10-1 compile', which appeared to work
ok until it exited with a "make error" as shown by the following last
few lines of the output:

   ...
   CCLD   pwd.exe
   CCLD   readlink.exe
   CCLD   rm.exe
   CCLD   rmdir.exe <<<---up to and including rmdir.exe have been linked
./rm: ./rm: cannot execute binary file
make[3]: *** [runcon.exe] Error 126 <<<--runcon.exe and on, not linked
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
./rm: ./rm: cannot execute binary file
make[3]: *** [seq.exe] Error 126
make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/coreutils-8.10-1/coreutils-8.10-1/build/src
'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/coreutils-8.10-1/coreutils-8.10-1/build/src
'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/coreutils-8.10-1/coreutils-8.10-1/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
*** ERROR: make failed

The above is output from 'make', chewing on the following 'makefile' lines:

...
pwd$(EXEEXT): $(pwd_OBJECTS) $(pwd_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f pwd$(EXEEXT)
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(pwd_OBJECTS) $(pwd_LDADD) $(LIBS)
readlink$(EXEEXT): $(readlink_OBJECTS) $(readlink_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f readlink$(EXEEXT)
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(readlink_OBJECTS) $(readlink_LDADD) $(LIBS)
rm$(EXEEXT): $(rm_OBJECTS) $(rm_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f rm$(EXEEXT)
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(rm_OBJECTS) $(rm_LDADD) $(LIBS)
rmdir$(EXEEXT): $(rmdir_OBJECTS) $(rmdir_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f rmdir$(EXEEXT)
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(rmdir_OBJECTS) $(rmdir_LDADD) $(LIBS)
runcon$(EXEEXT): $(runcon_OBJECTS) $(runcon_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f runcon$(EXEEXT) <<<-----error occurs at this point<<--
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(runcon_OBJECTS) $(runcon_LDADD) $(LIBS)
seq$(EXEEXT): $(seq_OBJECTS) $(seq_DEPENDENCIES)
	@rm -f seq$(EXEEXT)
	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(LINK) $(seq_OBJECTS) $(seq_LDADD) $(LIBS)
...	

The problem is related to 'rm.exe' being created in '..../build/src'.
Up until that point, the 'rm.exe' in the recipe lines is executed out
of '/bin'. So what causes 'make' to hiccup, when another 'rm.exe' is
created in the build directory? Is this a problem related to timing,
path, permissions, configuration, or?

Any insight in to what might be causing this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Lowell Anderson


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