Re: pkg/44103: x11/vte fails in phase configure with error "-Bsymbolic requested but not supported by ld"

["Volkmar Seifert" <vs%nifelheim.info@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/44103; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Volkmar Seifert" <vs%nifelheim.info@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/44103: x11/vte fails in phase configure with error 
 "-Bsymbolic requested but not supported by ld"
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:04:50 +0100

 To complete an unfinished sentence from the initial report:
 
 > In reference to certain other PRs: the system has just been set up,
 
 ...and all ENV-settings like PATH etc. are set to their native
 default-settings, and there is only one ld installed on my system, which
 is /usr/bin/ld .
 
 
 - Volkmar
 
 On Wed, November 17, 2010 11:00, vs%nifelheim.info@localhost wrote:
 >>Number:         44103
 >>Category:       pkg
 >>Synopsis:       x11/vte fails in phase configure with error  "-Bsymbolic
 >> requested but not supported by ld"
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       serious
 >>Priority:       medium
 >>Responsible:    pkg-manager
 >>State:          open
 >>Class:          support
 >>Submitter-Id:   net
 >>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 17 10:00:00 +0000 2010
 >>Originator:     Volkmar Seifert
 >>Release:        NetBSD/sparc64 5.1_RC4
 >>Organization:
 >>Environment:
 > NetBSD squirrel.home.nifelheim.info 5.1_RC4 NetBSD 5.1_RC4 (GENERIC.MP)
 > #0: Tue Oct 19 11:36:21 CEST 2010
 > build%panther.home.nifelheim.info@localhost:/build/work/sparc64/squirrel/obj/build/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC.MP
 > sparc64
 >
 >>Description:
 > x11/vte is installed as one of many dependencies to the meta-package
 > xfce4, which I actually attempted to install.
 >
 > In the configure-phase, x11/vte fails with the error
 >
 > checking whether cc supports -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions when linking...
 > configure: error: -Bsymbolic requested but not supported by ld
 >
 > Which is slightly misleading, as /usr/bin/ld (the only ld on my system)
 > does actually support -Bsymbolic. A look into .work.log revealed that the
 > real parameter is (as stated above, too), -Bsymbolic-functions is used,
 > which isn't known to ld.
 >
 > In reference to certain other PRs: the system has just been set up,
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > cd x11/vte
 > make install
 >
 > no specific options or anything necessary
 >>Fix:
 > Unkown, my assumption is to patch the configure-script not to use
 > -Bsymbolic-functions but -Bsymbolic .
 > But I cannot do that, as I am not very familiar with all that
 > configure-magic.
 >
 >
 
 
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