> On Nov 4, 2020, at 9:22 PM, Brook Milligan <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost> wrote:
>
> Building other packages yields the following:
>
> ERROR: [depends.mk] Installed package digest-20190127 has an
> ERROR: object format ``ELF'' which differs from ``a.out''. Please
> ERROR: update the digest-20190127 package to a.out.
> *** Error code 1
These errors are coming from pkgsrc/mk/pkgformat/pkg/depends.mk (see below for the relevant part). The value of ${objfmt} is "ELF", whereas the value of ${OBJECT_FMT} is "a.out". Thus, the last case branches to *) instead of ${OBJECT_FMT).
This raises the question, why is ${OBJECT_FMT} equal to "a.out"; both the build and target machines use ELF.
I am having a difficult time unwinding the *.mk files to determine where ${OBJECT_FMT} is even set, but it is clearly being set incorrectly. I'm guessing it works for at least some other values of ${MACHINE_ARCH}, but not for "mips64" (for me). Is that not the correct value? Is there a case missing somewhere so ${OBJECT_FMT} remains in some ancient default setting of "a.out"?
I hope this will trigger some memories that will point toward solutions.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Brook
pkgsrc/mk/pkgformat/pkg/depends.mk (in part):
# _DEPENDS_INSTALL_CMD checks whether the package $pattern is installed,
# and installs it if necessary.
#
# @param $pattern The pattern of the package to be installed.
# @param $dir The pkgsrc directory from which the package can be
# built.
# @param $type The dependency type. Can be one of bootstrap, tool,
# build, test, full.
#
_DEPENDS_INSTALL_CMD= \
case $$type in \
bootstrap) Type=Bootstrap;; \
tool) Type=Tool;; \
build) Type=Build;; \
test) Type=Test;; \
full) Type=Full;; \
esac; \
case $$type in \
bootstrap|tool) \
if expr "${USE_CROSS_COMPILE:Uno}" : '[yY][eE][sS]' >/dev/null; then \
extradep=""; \
else \
extradep=" ${PKGNAME}"; \
fi; \
cross=no; \
archopt=TARGET_ARCH=${MACHINE_ARCH}; \
pkg=`${_HOST_PKG_BEST_EXISTS} "$$pattern" || ${TRUE}`; \
;; \
build|test|full) \
extradep=" ${PKGNAME}"; \
cross=${USE_CROSS_COMPILE:Uno}; \
archopt=; \
pkg=`${_PKG_BEST_EXISTS} "$$pattern" || ${TRUE}`; \
;; \
esac; \
case "$$pkg" in \
"") \
${STEP_MSG} "$$Type dependency $$pattern: NOT found"; \
target=${DEPENDS_TARGET:Q}; \
${STEP_MSG} "Verifying $$target for $$dir"; \
[ -d "$$dir" ] || ${FAIL_MSG} "[depends.mk] The directory \`\`$$dir'' does not exist."; \
cd $$dir; \
${PKGSRC_SETENV} ${PKGSRC_MAKE_ENV} \
_PKGSRC_DEPS="$$extradep${_PKGSRC_DEPS}" \
PKGNAME_REQD="$$pattern" \
USE_CROSS_COMPILE=$$cross \
$$archopt \
${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} _AUTOMATIC=yes $$target; \
case $$type in \
bootstrap|tool) \
pkg=`${_HOST_PKG_BEST_EXISTS} "$$pattern" || ${TRUE}`;; \
build|test|full) \
pkg=`${_PKG_BEST_EXISTS} "$$pattern" || ${TRUE}`;; \
esac; \
case "$$pkg" in \
"") ${ERROR_MSG} "[depends.mk] A package matching \`\`$$pattern'' should"; \
${ERROR_MSG} " be installed, but one cannot be found. Perhaps there is a"; \
${ERROR_MSG} " stale work directory for $$dir?"; \
exit 1; \
esac; \
${STEP_MSG} "Returning to build of ${PKGNAME}"; \
;; \
*) \
case $$type in \
bootstrap|tool) \
objfmt=`${HOST_PKG_INFO} -Q OBJECT_FMT "$$pkg"`;; \
build|test|full) \
objfmt=`${PKG_INFO} -Q OBJECT_FMT "$$pkg"`;; \
esac; \
case "$$objfmt" in \
"") ${WARNING_MSG} "[depends.mk] Unknown object format for installed package $$pkg" ;; \
${OBJECT_FMT}) ;; \
*) ${ERROR_MSG} "[depends.mk] Installed package $$pkg has an"; \
${ERROR_MSG} " object format \`\`$$objfmt'' which differs from \`\`${OBJECT_FMT}''. Please"; \
${ERROR_MSG} " update the $$pkg package to ${OBJECT_FMT}."; \
exit 1; \
;; \
esac; \
silent=${_BOOTSTRAP_VERBOSE:Dyes}; \
if ${TEST} -z "$${silent}"; then \
${STEP_MSG} "$$Type dependency $$pattern: found $$pkg"; \
fi; \
;; \
esac