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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-02-08 11:05:48 -0600 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-02-14 17:25:44 +0000 |
| commit | 717c56caff3fa47d346fb0c35d1faf5011131702 (patch) | |
| tree | a69b59ea907d7b61d76a3c18c744dc510d77140f /documentation | |
| parent | dc7221b2fcb29ed9799037ca331f03c12ba0e5b8 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-717c56caff3fa47d346fb0c35d1faf5011131702.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Created "Development Host System Issues" section
Fixes YOCTO #2790
Created a new section in the "Debugging Build Failures"
section to deal with host issues that cause a build to
fail.
(From yocto-docs rev: 9efc00146764086646b0c558d12168ab9813d683)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index 149490969a..0b0f02005c 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -222,6 +222,37 @@ </para> </section> + <section id='development-host-system-issues'> + <title>Development Host System Issues</title> + + <para> + Sometimes issues on the host development system can cause your + build to fail. + Following are known, host-specific problems. + Be sure to always consult the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/download/yocto/yocto-project-&DISTRO;-release-notes-poky-&POKYVERSION;'>Release Notes</ulink> + for a look at all release-related issues. + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>eglibc-initial</filename> fails to build</emphasis>: + If your development host system has the unpatched + <filename>GNU Make 3.82</filename>, + the <filename>do_install</filename> task + fails for <filename>eglibc-initial</filename> during the + build.</para> + <para>Typically, every distrobution that ships + <filename>GNU Make 3.82</filename> as + the default already has the patched version. + However, some distributions, such as Debian, have + <filename>GNU Make 3.82</filename> as an option, which + is unpatched. + You will see this error on these types of distributions. + Switch to <filename>GNU Make 3.81</filename> or patch + your <filename>make</filename> to solve the problem. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </section> + <section id='usingpoky-debugging-buildfile'> <title>Building with No Dependencies</title> <para> |