[openib-general] problem building user libs with build_ofa_user.sh

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Steve WIse <swise at opengridcomputing.com>:
> Subject: problem building user libs with build_ofa_user.sh
> 
> Vlad, 
> 
> I'm trying to build the ofed 1.2 user package on sles9sp3 using
> ofabuild/build_ofa_user.sh and running into problems configuring
> libmthca and others.  The config of libmthca fails first, with the
> config.log showing this error:
> 
> configure:20907: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I../libibverbs/include -L. conftest.c -libverbs  >&5
> ./libibverbs.a: file not recognized: File truncated
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:20910: $? = 1
> configure: program exited with status 1
> configure: failed program was:
> 
> 
> I _think_ it is because build_ofa_user.sh creates an empty libibverbs.a
> file for some reason, and the sles9sp3 gcc isn't liking it...

We create it just so that configure passes.
This is weird - works fine for us on same system.
gcc should not even look at that file since all symbols are resolved.
What does gcc --version report?

> >From build_ofa_user.sh:
> 
>                 echo "Running: $ENV ./configure --cache-file=${CACHEFILE} --disable-libcheck CPPFLAGS=\"-I../libibverbs/include\" LDFLAGS=\"-L.\""
>                 echo > libibverbs.a
>                 if ! ( $ENV ./configure  --cache-file=${CACHEFILE} --disable-libcheck CPPFLAGS="-I../libibverbs/include" LDFLAGS="-L." > ${conflog}.${dir} 2>&1 )
>                 then
>                         echo "Failed to execute (in $(pwd)): $ENV ./configure --cache-file=${CACHEFILE} --disable-libcheck CPPFLAGS=\"-I../libibverbs/include\" LDFLAGS=\"-L.\""
>                         /bin/rm -f libibverbs.a
>                         exit 1
>                 fi
> 
> 
> Steve.


Try replacing 'echo > libibverbs.a' with 'ar qc liby.a' - does this help?

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MST