cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so retried 
on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is coming from!
There are no files in the tarball, repo, or build dirs containing 7.4.0 
but it looks suspiciously like the package version 6.3.0 incremented!
Anyone ever seen these kinds of artifacts, or aware of any code doing 
this kind of incrementing?

$ fgrep 7.4.0 scallywag/*86*/6_Build\ packages.log
scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.1027256Z 
libtool: link: g++ -shared -nostdlib 
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o  ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesf.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesm.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesw.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursespad.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesp.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursslk.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesapp.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesmain.o 
-L/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs 
-L../lib 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a ../lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a -lutil 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../.. -lstdc++ -lgcc_s -lgcc 
-lcygwin -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lgcc_s -lgcc 
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o  -ggdb -O2 
-fstack-protector-strong   -o .libs/cygncurses++w-10.dll 
-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Xlinker --out-implib -Xlinker 
.libs/libncurses++w.dll.a
scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.1848593Z 
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot 
find /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o: No such file or 
directory
scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.3516554Z 
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot 
find /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o: No such file or directory
scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.1343744Z 
libtool: link: g++ -shared -nostdlib 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesf.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesm.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesw.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursespad.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursslk.o 
../obj_lo/.libs/cursesapp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesmain.o 
-L/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs 
-L../lib 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a ../lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a 
/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a 
../lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a -lutil 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/lib/../lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib 
-L/usr/lib/../lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/lib 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../.. -lstdc++ -lgcc_s -lgcc 
-lcygwin -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lgcc_s -lgcc 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o  -ggdb -O2 
-fstack-protector-strong   -o .libs/cygncurses++w-10.dll 
-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Xlinker --out-implib -Xlinker 
.libs/libncurses++w.dll.a
scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.2146113Z 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
cannot find /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o: No such 
file or directory
scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.4873238Z 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
cannot find /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o: No such file 
or directory

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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Duncan Roe]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 10:50:41AM -0700, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so retried on
> scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is coming from!
> There are no files in the tarball, repo, or build dirs containing 7.4.0 but
> it looks suspiciously like the package version 6.3.0 incremented!
> Anyone ever seen these kinds of artifacts, or aware of any code doing this
> kind of incrementing?
>
> $ fgrep 7.4.0 scallywag/*86*/6_Build\ packages.log
> scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.1027256Z libtool:
> link: g++ -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesf.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesm.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesw.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursespad.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursslk.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesapp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesmain.o
> -L/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs
> -L../lib /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a ../lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.i686/build/lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a -lutil -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../.. -lstdc++ -lgcc_s -lgcc -lcygwin
> -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lgcc_s -lgcc
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o  -ggdb -O2
> -fstack-protector-strong   -o .libs/cygncurses++w-10.dll
> -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Xlinker --out-implib -Xlinker
> .libs/libncurses++w.dll.a
> scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.1848593Z
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot
> find /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o: No such file or
> directory
> scallywag/i686/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:54:57.3516554Z
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot
> find /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o: No such file or directory
> scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.1343744Z libtool:
> link: g++ -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesf.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesm.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesw.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursespad.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursslk.o
> ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesapp.o ../obj_lo/.libs/cursesmain.o -L/cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs
> -L../lib /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libformw.dll.a ../lib/.libs/libmenuw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libpanelw.dll.a /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/ncurses/ncurses-6.3-1.20211106.x86_64/build/lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a
> ../lib/.libs/libncursesw.dll.a -lutil -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/lib/../lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib
> -L/usr/lib/../lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/../../.. -lstdc++ -lgcc_s -lgcc
> -lcygwin -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lgcc_s -lgcc
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o  -ggdb -O2
> -fstack-protector-strong   -o .libs/cygncurses++w-10.dll
> -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Xlinker --out-implib -Xlinker
> .libs/libncurses++w.dll.a
> scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.2146113Z
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot
> find /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtbeginS.o: No such file or
> directory
> scallywag/x86_64/6_Build packages.log:2021-11-12T09:52:54.4873238Z
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot
> find /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/crtend.o: No such file or directory
>
> --
> Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>
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>
Try env | grep -E 7\.4\.0
I had a kind-of similar problem from having LIBS in the environment.
Otherwise on a freshly restored tarball before even running ./configure:
find . -type f|xargs grep -E 7\.4\.0
find . -name '*7.4.0*'
btw fgrep and egrep are retired at GNU grep 3.7

Cheers ... Duncan.

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Ken Brown]

On 11/12/2021 12:50 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so retried on 
> scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is coming from!
> There are no files in the tarball, repo, or build dirs containing 7.4.0

Those paths come from /usr/bin/libtool.  There's some discussion of this issue in

   https://mingw-users.narkive.com/Mx8FQPRf/libtool-hard-coded-paths ,

which even mentions the ncurses problem.  I don't know enough about libtool to 
suggest the best solution, but probably others on the list do.

Ken

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-12 12:18, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> On 11/12/2021 12:50 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so 
>> retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is 
>> coming from!
>> There are no files in the tarball, repo, or build dirs containing 7.4.0
> 
> Those paths come from /usr/bin/libtool.  There's some discussion of this 
> issue in
> 
>    https://mingw-users.narkive.com/Mx8FQPRf/libtool-hard-coded-paths ,
> 
> which even mentions the ncurses problem.  I don't know enough about 
> libtool to suggest the best solution, but probably others on the list do.

Thanks Ken,

That's the source of the symptom indeed!

The package ncurses is pre-auto-tooled in that it appears to have 
everything setup so that configure reconfigs everything and generates 
the expected outputs.

Now should I patch /usr/bin/libtool, libtoolize the sources, 
cygautoreconf, or upgrade libtool?
Anyone have any ideas for the best approach?
Or just go for it and try each in turn in case something works?

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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Duncan Roe]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 01:25:48PM -0700, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2021-11-12 12:18, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
[...]
> Now should I patch /usr/bin/libtool, libtoolize the sources, cygautoreconf,
> or upgrade libtool?
> Anyone have any ideas for the best approach?
> Or just go for it and try each in turn in case something works?
>
autoreconf -fi
rm -Rf autom4te.cache

(taken from autogen.sh in various netfilter prokects)

Cheers ... Duncan.

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-12 16:42, Duncan Roe wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 01:25:48PM -0700, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> Now should I patch /usr/bin/libtool, libtoolize the sources, 
>> cygautoreconf, or upgrade libtool? >> Anyone have any ideas for the best approach?
>> Or just go for it and try each in turn in case something works?

> autoreconf -fi

Tried cygport autotools.cygclass function cygautoreconf which does that 
but breaks the build.

> rm -Rf autom4te.cache
> (taken from autogen.sh in various netfilter prokects)

No such file in use.
Thanks for the suggestion!

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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Achim Gratz]

Brian Inglis writes:
> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so
> retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is
> coming from!

Unless there is absolutely no other way and you know exactly what you're
doing, never skip the cygautoreconf in src_compile.


Regards,
Achim.
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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-14 05:48, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Brian Inglis writes:
>> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so
>> retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is
>> coming from!

> Unless there is absolutely no other way and you know exactly what you're
> doing, never skip the cygautoreconf in src_compile.

I always try to use the default src_compile autotools.cygclass function 
where possible to ensure that is the case.
Various GNU tool builds have that commented out by their previous 
experienced maintainers, so I tread carefully.
I do try to re-add the cygautoreconf function and comment out the 
src_compile function override where possible even in those cases.
I leave the commented out version in place to document the possibility 
that re-trying a build without cygautoreconf may fix issues.

In this case, all such alternatives (cygautoreconf, libtoolize, lndirs) 
tried either had no effect or broke the builds, which as I said, seem to 
have all the autoconf and automake files pre-generated, so that cygconf 
and cygmake should work, given a functional libtool.

I have also tried to rebuild libtool from sources to pick up updates, 
but that cygport build no longer even generates a Makefile!
However I notice that the tar contains a slew of .file temporaries that 
may be messing up that build.

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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-14 06:49, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2021-11-14 05:48, Achim Gratz wrote:
>> Brian Inglis writes:
>>> Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so
>>> retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is
>>> coming from!
> 
>> Unless there is absolutely no other way and you know exactly what you're
>> doing, never skip the cygautoreconf in src_compile.
> 
> I always try to use the default src_compile autotools.cygclass function 
> where possible to ensure that is the case.
> Various GNU tool builds have that commented out by their previous 
> experienced maintainers, so I tread carefully.
> I do try to re-add the cygautoreconf function and comment out the 
> src_compile function override where possible even in those cases.
> I leave the commented out version in place to document the possibility 
> that re-trying a build without cygautoreconf may fix issues.
> 
> In this case, all such alternatives (cygautoreconf, libtoolize, lndirs) 
> tried either had no effect or broke the builds, which as I said, seem to 
> have all the autoconf and automake files pre-generated, so that cygconf 
> and cygmake should work, given a functional libtool.
> 
> I have also tried to rebuild libtool from sources to pick up updates, 
> but that cygport build no longer even generates a Makefile!
> However I notice that the tar contains a slew of .file temporaries that 
> may be messing up that build.

Only approach that worked was to write a script to update 
/usr/bin/libtool to latest /usr/lib/gcc/$HOSTTYPE-*-$OSTYPE/[0-9]* path, 
add to SRC_URI, and run at the start of src_compile:

https://cygwin.com/git/?p=git/cygwin-packages/ncurses.git;a=tree;hb=playground

https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?id=3533&srcpkg=ncurses&status=succeeded&user=Brian+Inglis

https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/1459727318

https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/suites/4351117248/logs?attempt=1

I will make this an ITA to update ncurses if there are no better 
alternatives suggested to the unconventional approach.
I will then look at how to build the mingw64-*86*-ncurses versions and 
ITA those.

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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Achim Gratz]

Brian Inglis writes:
> Only approach that worked was to write a script to update
> /usr/bin/libtool to latest /usr/lib/gcc/$HOSTTYPE-*-$OSTYPE/[0-9]*
> path, add to SRC_URI, and run at the start of src_compile:

I've pushed a different fix.


Regards,
Achim.
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Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-11-15 06:09, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Brian Inglis writes:
>> Only approach that worked was to write a script to update
>> /usr/bin/libtool to latest /usr/lib/gcc/$HOSTTYPE-*-$OSTYPE/[0-9]*
>> path, add to SRC_URI, and run at the start of src_compile:
> 
> I've pushed a different fix.

If you can get libtool to build and update that would be great.
I tried and failed there - configure failed to even generate a Makefile 
for me, trying a number of measures, including a clean setup.

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