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struct rusage redefinition issues on ppc - gnu time-1.7

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From: Aijaz Baig <aijaz.baig <at> tcs.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: struct rusage redefinition issues on ppc - gnu time-1.7
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:02:25 +0530

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Hi.
I am trying to compile Gnu time 1.7 for a PowerPC system using the 
windriver build system which is based on yocto.
The build fails with an error at resuse.h:44:error: redefinition of 
'struct rusage'.
On searching the internet found  Benoit Sibaud was facing a same problem 
on sparc. He commented out system definition for struct rusage and it 
worked for him. For me however it doesn't work. On doing that it fails to 
link the various object files viz. time.o getopt.o error.o resuse.o and 
version.o.
On another thread here, Jim McMaster was also facing a similar issue while 
building it for Solaris.  Paul Eggert suggested him to define HAVE_WAIT3 
in the Makefile. I've tried that too but it fails as well. And its again 
while linking the aforementioned object files.
Please help me in getting this fixed. Where do I check for the build logs 
in detail. As what exactly is causing the linking to fail? It is failing 
with an errors of the sort 'crt1.o: No such file: No such file or 
directory'. These are link time errors right? At times I've seen people 
saying they signify a corrupted libc. However when I manually search for 
it in my Sysroot, I see it.
I am confused. Please elaborate. Keen to hear.

Aijaz Baig
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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Aijaz Baig <aijaz.baig <at> tcs.com>
Cc: 14711-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14711: struct rusage redefinition issues on ppc - gnu time-1.7
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:33:19 -0600

Aijaz Baig wrote:
> Hi.

Hi.

> I am trying to compile Gnu time 1.7 for a PowerPC system using the 
> windriver build system which is based on yocto.

Thanks for the report.  However you are reporting a bug in the time
project to the coreutils project.  Time and coreutils are two separate
projects.  GNU time doesn't use any bug trackers.  Therefore this bug
to the coreutils project will never be seen by the GNU time
maintainer.

The best reporting address for problems with time is the
bug-gnu-utils <at> gnu.org mailing list.  It isn't a good place.  It is
only the best place relative to any other reporting address.

The GNU time project has actually been quite dead for many, many
years.  However the official maintainer keeps saying that a new
release will happen every time he is asked.  Therefore the project
sits in a perpetual limbo betwixt and between.

In my opinion the best way to compile GNU time is to grab the patched
sources from one of the many software distributions.  I am the
maintainer for Debian and so my biased opinion would be to use the
Debian patched sources.  But most of the patches have been shared all
around by now and so any of the distros are likely very similar at
this stage.

I will continue the discussion in your other message to the discussion
list and then redirect it over to the bug-gnu-utils list.  Anyone who
wishes to join in please meet us over there.

Bob

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